Mail Bag: Congress has to eat it

Cap'n's Mail Bag:

Got this, and it was ALL CAPS! SO IT IS SERIOUS!

"On Tuesday, the Senate health committee voted 12-11 in favor of a two-page amendment that would require all Members and their staffs to enroll in any new government-run health plan..

It took me less than a minute to sign up to require our congressmen and senators to drink at the same trough!

Three cheers for Congressman John Fleming of Louisiana! Congressman John Fleming (Louisiana physician) has proposed an amendment that would require congressmen and senators to take the same healthcare plan they force on us (under proposed legislation they are curiously exempt).

Congressman Fleming is encouraging people to go on his Website and Sign his petition (very simple - just email).

I have just done just that at: http://fleming.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=55
[CAP'N'S NOTE: I checked the link, it does go to John Fleming's site and McAfee says it's green.]

Please urge as many people as you can to do the same!

If Congress forces this on the American people, the Congress should have to accept the same level of health care for themselves and their families.

To do otherwise is the height of hypocrisy! Please pass this on !!!"

My half cent is that I punched it in, and I'm real hopeful that Congress has to eat what they're shoveling -- but I'm also so pessimistic that I'm nearly in a fetal position. I wonder and hope that something, anything can make a difference.

But I'm crossing my fingers, not holding my breath.