I just stumbled across this interesting article about the roots of Obama's healthcare bill in Massachusetts, and I think it brings up quite a few interesting points.
Logic, one would think, would dictate that the right/(Blue Dogs?) opposition does not seem to be rooted in facts, (as it was written by them and mirrors their goals), and is perhaps not genuine. Knowing that REAL progress depends on the left and the right sitting down and finding common ground that works, the right's goal is gaming the system and limiting the nation's options..
This is from the article "The curious triumph of RomneyCare" by Brad DeLong
"The conservative DNA of ObamaCare is hardly a secret. "The Obama plan has a broad family resemblance to Mitt Romney’s Massachusetts plan," Frum wrote. "It builds on ideas developed at the Heritage Foundation in the early 1990s that formed the basis for Republican counter-proposals to ClintonCare in 1993-1994."