$.6 trillion off -- what a bargain!

There was a healthy government rebate announced earlier in the day regarding health care legislation.

Those crafty accountants in Congress somehow figured a way to go from $1.6 trillion to a thrifty $1 trillion price tag for overhauling health care. Now, that's a regular Kmart Blue Light special!

Any savings help, but in the warped world of pork barrel spending, rider bills and filibuster shenanigans, the math is always skewed.

Even though health care should be of the utmost concern for the cast of Cocoon wandering the halls of American legislation, both sides of the aisle will manage to up the partisanship through it all.

There has to be a balance between the worlds of insurance or death, and those scary words "socialized medicine." But balance in D.C. is hard to find, and it often never lasts very long.

Regardless of what letter follows their name, the more our legislators do, the more nervous I get.