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12:00 PM ET, March 22, 2010

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Mark Steyn / The Corner on National Review Online:
Happy Dependence Day!  — By: Mark Steyn  —  Well, it seems to be in the bag now.  I try to be a sunny the-glass-is-one-sixteenth-full kinda guy, but it's hard to overestimate the magnitude of what the Democrats have accomplished.  Whatever is in the bill is an intermediate stage …
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek Blogs:
Health Care Reform's Winners and Losers  —  It doesn't take a rocket scientist—or even an alleged expert such as this reporter —to see that the big political winner in tonight's House vote is the president of the United States.  After a year and a half of fitful but increasingly focused effort …
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:
Health bill to bring near-universal coverage  —  McCain says debate not over, angry Americans will challenge the law  —  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has scored the biggest victory of his presidency as Congress approved his signature health care reform bill, bringing near-universal coverage …
New York Times:
House Approves Health Overhaul, Sending Landmark Bill to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Congress gave final approval on Sunday to legislation that would provide medical coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and remake the nation's health care system along the lines proposed by President Obama.
David Frum / FrumForum:
Waterloo  —  Conservatives and Republicans today suffered their most crushing legislative defeat since the 1960s.  —  It's hard to exaggerate the magnitude of the disaster.  Conservatives may cheer themselves that they'll compensate for today's expected vote with a big win in the November 2010 elections.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear Strikes Out  —  The day before Sunday's health care vote, President Obama gave an unscripted talk to House Democrats.  Near the end, he spoke about why his party should pass reform: “Every once in a while a moment comes where you have a chance to vindicate all those best hopes …
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Analysis: Political lift of health bill uncertain
Discussion: GayPatriot and JammieWearingFool
Art Beast / The Daily Beast:
How the GOP Made It Happen  —  Hungry Beast Giving Beast Women in the World
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and Brendan Nyhan
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Show Time for Health Care
Discussion: JustOneMinute and pandagon.net
New York Times:
Legal and Political Fights Loom for Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — The battle over health care is poised to move swiftly from Congress back to the country as Democrats, Republicans and a battery of interest groups race to define the legislation and dig in for long-term political and legal fights.
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The Note:
Of the Land: After the vote, the sale, as health care stays where it's been
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Barack Obama
The Politico:
Stupak called ‘baby killer’ in House  —  A health care debate marked by episodes of ugly rhetoric took another turn for the worse late Sunday night when a voice on the Republican side of the House shouted “baby killer” at Rep. Bart Stupak.  —  Stupak - a leader among anti-abortion Democrats …
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Inside the Pelosi Sausage Factory
Bruce Kesler / Maggie's Farm:
Healthcare Bill Will Stir The Next Greatest Generation
Discussion: Riehl World View
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Special Editorial: Repeal  —  The editors of National Review sensibly counsel conservatives, in the wake of last night's victory for Obamacare: “'Nil desperandum'—never despair.”  I agree, though I'm more inclined to the mock-Latin motto of the Harvard band: “Illegitimi non carborundum”—don't let the bastards get you down.
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National Review:
Obamacare Isn't Inevitable  —  'Nil desperandum" — never despair.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney: ‘Unconscionable abuse of power’  —  Extremely strong language from Mitt Romney, who the administration and his Republican rivals love to note gets some credit for the shape of the health care plan.  —  Now, Romney is positioning himself as a leader of the charge to repeal it:
Discussion: CNN and Riehl World View
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Repealing healthcare: Republican refrain
Discussion: The Politico
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul Ryan Is Not Ready to Give Up on Health Care  —  'This is the closing of the first chapter of America's health-care saga," Rep. Paul Ryan says from his office, which is adorned with reminders of contests of the non-political kind: hunting mementos and a Green Bay Packers helmet. "
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
House roll call on healthcare bill: 34 Dems vote against  —  The roll call of the House's vote on the Senate's healthcare bill has been released, which includes the names of the 34 Democrats who voted against the bill.  —  In one of the most closely watched votes in history …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Obama's Share Determined Dems' Votes on ObamaCare
Discussion: Don Surber
Megan McArdle / The Atlantic Online:
The Future After Health Care  —  Regardless of what you think about health care, tomorrow we wake up in a different political world.  —  Parties have passed legislation before that wasn't broadly publicly supported.  But the only substantial instances I can think of in America are budget bills and TARP …
James Randi / James Randi Educational Foundation:
How To Say It?  —  Well, here goes.  I really resent the term, but I use it because it's recognized and accepted.  —  I'm gay.  —  From some seventy years of personal experience, I can tell you that there's not much “gay” about being homosexual.  For the first twenty years of my life …
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Ten immediate benefits of HCR  —  Here are ten benefits which come online within six months of the President's signature on the health care bill:  — Adult children may remain as dependents on their parents' policy until their 27th birthday  — Children under age 19 may not be excluded for pre-existing conditions
Discussion: MyDD
legacy.com:
Shirley Eleanor Nash  —  Shirley Eleanor Nash, 93, died peacefully Thursday, March 11, 2010, at the Garden House in Morro Bay, her hand held, being told she was loved, her favorite Andres Segovia album was playing in the background, and her room was filled with flowers and cards from friends, family and the Marines.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Perspective  —  Now that it's done, Barack Obama will go down in history as one of America's finest presidents.  It's always possible of course that, like LBJ, he'll get involved in some unrelated fiasco that mars his reputation.  But fundamentally, he's reshaped the policy landscape …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Obsidian Wings
Bloomberg:
Obama Pays More Than Buffett as U.S. Risks AAA Rating  —  The bond market is saying that it's safer to lend to Warren Buffett than Barack Obama.  —  Two-year notes sold by the billionaire's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in February yield 3.5 basis points less than Treasuries of similar maturity, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Has Germany just killed the dream of a European superstate?  —  So after weeks of Euro-bluff it looks ever more like an IMF rescue for Greece after all, and hence for any other eurozone nation driven to ruin by the wrong monetary policy.  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has little hope …
Discussion: naked capitalism
 
 
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers stir up the ‘tea party’ crowd
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Famous Last Words  —  Fred Barnes, January 20:
Shaun Mullen / KIKO'S HOUSE:
Health-Care Reform: Obama, Dems Owed Americans Nothing Less & Delivered
Alan Reynolds / Cato @ Liberty:
It's NOT a Health Bill, NOT a Medicare Tax and It Can't Possibly Cost …
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Health care vote ends, political fight begins
Discussion: The Huffington Post and KFYR-TV
Laura Rozen / Laura Rozen's Blog:
Fake statement on settlements
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Media Notes: Journalism's slide into health-debate weariness
Conn Carroll / The Foundry:
The Heritage Foundation Responds to the Health Care Vote
Discussion: Moonbattery and NewsReal Blog
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Senate has some work left on health-care bill
CBS News:
Health Care Reform Bill Summary: A Look At What's in the Bill
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner to GOP lawmakers: ‘Behave like grown-ups’
Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake and Daily Kos