The Loneliest Man Club

I don't know who is loneliest:the late night worker or Senator Max Baucus,D-Montana,who,as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,unveiled his health care reform bill this week.The late night worker is really getting something done.No one is bothering him.As the others go to bed,as the lights go off on his street,he has the quiet and solitude he needs to get it completed.On the other hand,Senator Baucus' proposal will die on the vine without support from those around him.His is the only bill that would actually cut the federal deficit-by 49 billion dollars over 10 years.The other bills would increase the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars.Nonetheless,Senator Baucus' moderate proposal is being criticized by both the right and the left.It is to be hoped that the senator will finally get enough help to move his bill to the senate floor and save the nation from fiscal calamity in the years ahead.As for the late night worker,he likes his quiet time just fine,thank you.