Reconcile this

As the rhetoric roils over the use of "reconciliation" to ram bills through Congress, check out this fact from the Washington Post.

Also, look at this info from Wikipedia:

Since 1980, 17 of 23 reconciliation bills have been signed into law by Republican presidents (a Republican has been president for 20 of the last 29 years). Since 1980, reconciliation has been utilized nine times when Republicans controlled both the House and the Senate, six times when Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate,one time when the Democrats controlled the Senate and the Republicans the House, and seven times when the Republicans controlled the Senate and the Democrats controlled the House. Reconciliation has been used at least once nominally for a non-budgetary purpose, namely the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 (a Republican was president and the Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate). The 1986 Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) contained some healthcare type reforms.

In other words, Republicans whine when reconciliation is used against them, but praise it when they use it. Hypocrisy, as always, from Republicans, who now have a new offshoot party. It's not the Tea Party, but the Whine Party.

The Democrats should use reconciliation to pass health care reform. Get 'er done.