Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Longest Suicide Note in History…?

From across the Pond yesterday came word that former Labour party leader Michael Foot died at age 96.  Foot led his party into the 1983 British general election against Margaret Thatcher with “a left wing manifesto dubbed ‘the longest suicide note in history’” by a fellow Labour MP.

Of course, that Labour party platform and all its attachments comprised a mere 700 pages.  Contrast that with the 2,733-page Senate health care bill, and some may wonder:  If the majority insists on jamming through such a massive and costly piece of legislation, when nearly three in four Americans want Congress to either start over (48%) or stop working on health care entirely (25%), will that notorious party platform suddenly pale by comparison in its length – and its political infamy – to Democrats’ government takeover of health care?