Look at John McCain, doing his gooey concern routine. That is not going to help Mccain in his primary with the teabag candidate, this is not going to satisfy the Arizona Minute Men or the militias.

If we don't pass HCR, the teabaggers and the screamers will be in the face of every Democratic candidate this fall. They'll follow Dems around with their guns and battle flags.

But if HCR passes, the teabaggers will be attacking the GOP candidatees with demands for a repeal.

Passing HCR will put all the heat on the GOP come the fall and put a big fracture in the conservative base.

The response to the summit has been pretty tepid from the GOP. The low key event seems to have provided little excuse for fresh outrage. It just does not express the teabagger mindset. You can cruise over the RedState for a look at the lukewarm discussion

http://www.redstate.com/...

to see Erik's story about how the GOP had a crushing response.......in Human Events. What's that Erik? They forgot to bring their best stuff to the actual meeting, but published something online instead? Sad, just sad. And when someone asked RedState where the liveblog is, they say they just use Twitter. You hear that? Tremble before Erik's invisible empire of literally dozens (well at least 10 we're fairly sure of that) of followers.

I would like to suggest that each and every one of you tell your teabagging friends and relatives how the GOP sold them out today. In fact they should mark the calender on February 25 as "The Day The Republicans Sold You Out."

Update

If you look at the Redstate discussion, it seems like an ideological sticking point for the GOP is that insurance companies should be allowed to exclude preexisting conditions. I'm not clear where this is coming from, but it seems to be pretty well formed talking point for them, and it seems consistent with what the GOPers were hinting about today.