"You would probably all be for it if the speaker of the house were a Republican."
As a Reaganite Republican, no, I would NOT be for it.
Not in this case.
As far as I can tell, this is, by far, the largest, most expensive, and widest reaching bill for which this procedure has ever been proposed. It has the potentially to fundamentally alter the way in which Americans deal with their healthcare and their doctors (which is the entire point).
New studies coming out are saying that this won't result in a reduction of premiums for Americans; the prediction is that they will continue to rise for most Americans, and possibly significantly, before leveling off. And that's only IF the cost containment proposals in the bill work.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100317/...aul_fact_check
A bill with such a massive effect should never be allowed to pass through on a procedural move when there are so many questions and so much resistance to it.