Lockwood says:

First, the secession discussion is a fascinating thread… I can see both points of view, but I guess to me, sacred cows make the best hamburgers. Second, I hadn't heard about the abolish medicare amendment, but I'm all for it. I commented in a post a while back that it was starting to look as if the quickest way to get the health reform that most want and all need would be to give the pubblekins what they claim to want: complete free market control. Let members of Congress spend hours debating some under-educated snot-nosed kid over their claims; let the elderly experience what real rationing is like. We'd have reform in a week or two. But (third,) the reason I stopped by in person was to note that I've been having a low-level argument with a friend over the Sotomayor hearings and vote. My position is that the other side had so damaged themselves prior to and during the hearings that they could not do any real further harm by voting against her. My friend argues that if more had voted to support her confirmation, they could have undone much of the damage, or at least not done as much, that was caused by their abrasive comments during the hearings. What do you all think?