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I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. On one hand, I feel betrayed by the people of Massachussetts because, as far as they're concerned, they already have a health care plan put in place by Ted Kennedy, so it makes sense that there were those who either stayed home or voted against Coakely simply because they had nothing to lose and everything to gain (a national health care plan would pull more federal tax dollars from their pockets for something they alreday have). On the other hand, the smugness of the democratic party's supermajority was dangerous to begin with, so when the blue dog dems started acting against their own party, that should have been a wake up call to everyone running for election that every seat would count, but instead many just ignored the whole business.

At any rate, I hope we didn't just waste the entire year focusing on health care only to have it pissed on by partisan politics at the end.