Dick Morris has indicated that Cong. Connolly is moving towards a possible no on the Senates Health Care bill. http://bit.ly/ct2NYz 

I hand delivered this letter to his Prince William County Office earlier. It states my reasons for his opposing the Senate Health Care bill:

Nelson H. Head
13440 Occoquan Road
Woodbridge, VA 22191

The Honorable Gerry E. Connolly
U.S. House of Representatives
327 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515

Dear Gerry,

Our health care system requires changes to make it more affordable and inclusive, but the current Health Care legislation will do more harm than good. As one of your constituents, I urge you to oppose it for the following reasons:

Republican extremes want private market forces to solve every problem; Democrat extremes want the Federal Government to administer every system. Neither of these two approaches will work for health care. The lack of a single Republican supporter of the present legislation clearly shows that it is too heavily weighted to the public solution and will lead to forced participation through laws and taxes, bureaucratic inefficiencies, stymied innovation, and rationing of services. One need only look at DMV’s, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Post Office, construction permitting departments, etc. to realize where public administration will take us.

The present Federal entitlements – Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security – are unsustainable. Americans will not pay taxes sufficient to fund these programs and the country’s lenders will not make up the short falls; the promises made by earlier politicians, however sincere, were bogus. The current legislation adds another expensive, unsustainable entitlement to the list. Rather than inflating the debt bubble and the terrible consequences when it bursts, we need political leaders who work to reduce these entitlements to cover only the most desperate in our society no matter how unpopular that may be.

Press reports and two thousand plus pages indicate that the present bill is full of “special deals” for the friends and supporters of Representatives and Senators. The rest of us who would never ask for nor expect special treatment are left to pay the tab. Many of our present laws and regulations are rendered unfair and unworkable by these practices and there is no justification to further corrupt our health systems.

As a first term Representative, you will face extreme pressure from your leadership to vote the party line. Frankly these career politicians in both parties have gotten us into this unsustainable debt bubble and their insistence must be ignored. 

Vote to defeat the bill, start anew, write one that has support from a substantial number of Members from both parties, and there will be meaningful reforms that will aid in making our health care system more affordable and inclusive without making it less innovative and responsive.

I look forward to seeing you again soon.

 That is of course if he is even listening.