THE EXAMINER: “The six Senate Republicans seeking a ‘bipartisan compromise’ on President Obama’s proposal for a government-run health care system are flirting with a provision – an individual mandate to buy government-approved health insurance – that runs counter to everything the GOP stands for.”

Plus this: “Senate Republicans are fools if they think they can safely get away with sprinkling some ‘bipartisan compromise’ pixie dust on any government-run health care bill. Among the August recess lessons is that people, unlike most members of Congress, are reading the bills as never before and they aren’t going to be fooled by flowery rhetoric.”