"Let Congress Go Without Insurance" is the title of Nicholas Kristof's latest NYT piece, <link>. Kristof:

What better way to attune our leaders to the needs of their constituents without health insurance than to put them in the same position?

Me:

Years past due, Mr. Kristof. When all the members of Congress go, you should go, too.

This little problem wherein members of Congress can't identify with poor folks (and are able to address their demands only after securing what they believe to be their own) determines everything Congress does and doesn't do.