I don't think I've mentioned this recently but I consider myself a DC native. Though I grew up across the Potomac in Alexandria, Virginia, I was born in Washington Hospital Center, attended Notre Dame Academy and Trinity College -- all three of them either on or just off of North Capitol Street. Not to mention my first three jobs were on Capitol Hill. So I know a little bit about how the city works.

Which is why I don't think the architect of the new Medicare "reform" should be let off the hook so easy now that he's moving to private industry (registration required). If the reform didn't so overwhelmingly benefit private business, maybe I wouldn't be so outraged.