::Well look, you don't have to preach to me about any of this... to be quite honest I'm actually on the fence with many of these changes, and there some I just flat out oppose.  But that doesn't mean that this arguement shouldn't get a fair, impartial reckoning.  It is clear that there are many predatory, greedy trial lawyers in the world.  It's  equally clear that there are many predatory, greedy corporations in the world.  And caught in the middle are industrial workers, white collar workers, doctors, patients and about a million lobbies on either side that deal their cards from the sleeve.  

 ::And the debate is not worthless, because we do live in a democracy.  Our laws aren't static, and are constantly up for reevaluation.  As you know, many of these kinds of changes have already been passed at the state level, which means that there are large groups of people who agree with their content.  My brother is both a Democrat and an Emergency MD, and recently had cause to rethink some of his positions on this when he saw his hospital being destaffed of specialists due to several colleagues being unable to pay their premiums.  It is a complex, multifaceted debate, and there are legitimate players on each side of it who want the same thing... better laws and better justice.  My $0.02