A photo of a young woman, Ashleigh Kenny, standing next to Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) while he holds a t-Shirt is making the rounds, and making waves. The photo shows a t-shirt that says "R.I.P. The U.S. Constitution" on the front.

The current discussion of expanding health care options through federal legislation deals primarily with big issues - like how to pay for the new coverage and how proposed reforms would change the current medical care system. One of the smaller questions not showing up on many radar screens is how health care reform would impact coordination of benefits issues.

Massachusetts US Senator Ted Kennedy in a letter already coined as dying wish letter, to the Mass. Governor, asks to “amend” the law to ensure continuity. Kennedy was diagnosis with brain cancer in May of 2008 and his health has been an issue since.

This is what America has become. It's no wonder that other countries look at us as racist idiots. We in fact demonstrate our insanity with events like this, a woman shouting "Heil, Hitler" to a Jewish man extolling the virtues of Israel's health care system.

Remember the New Hampshire town hall? A man was seen with a (legal) handgun strapped to his leg, holding a sign referencing the famous Jefferson quote: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Check out this Arizona town hall.

In a series of moves on sunday both Obama and some of his people strongly signaled that the White House is willing to drop the public option if the senate does not lean toward it. This is very sad. Such a compromise will eliminate any real Health care reform all togther.

It seems that the public option for health insurance coverage is steadily being pushed out from the government's health care reform plan as opponents of public option are showing more power and lobbying harder. The administration is backing away from the public health insurance option as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tells CNN that government-run insurance is "not the essential element" of healthcare overhaul.

U.S. President Barack Obama and members of the opposition Republican Party are calling for the increasingly angry debate on health-care reform to move forward in a respectful manner. During his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama urged Americans to, in his words, "lower our voices" and "talk about differences that really exist".