A dearth of responses from the traditional defenders of the conservative cause. Give Outsider credit for at least showing up. 
The paper edition headline "defections kill health bill" is in poor taste. Stick to the subject. The proposed bill drew huge negative responses from the little people (and insurers) that overwhelmed even a bought Congress.
Republicans got a taste of govt. healthcare and they liked it. They just didn't like the rising prices. Obamacare was only insurance regulation. 
We're all told we'll lose choice with a national plan. And the choice we have now is? Do I have to become a medical expert to make the right decision? We expect 200 million people to make educated medical choices? 
We've become a nation fearful of the "educated elite". When did that happen and how did the conservative Right convince us not to listed to the educated? When did ignorance take on such value?