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Nakor, as I understand it the filibuster was around to prevent such things as what happened with this particular health care bill. If majority of senators or representatives (but less than 2/3) were acting in a manner that was not of the will of their constituents then someone could choose to delay the vote on said bill so long that it could no longer be voted on. Obviously this didn't quite work out, but I believe that was the original intent.
And of course your opinions are welcome and appreciated here. You are definitely correct in stating that the Republicans have used the reconciliation process in the past, and they were also called unfair and underhanded. It seems we have a lot of double standards in place in US politics.
Can I ask how the health care plan would save money, and whose money it would save?
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