The end of the race is the hardest.

Health care reform has been on the agenda of the President well before he entered the White House. And now he is one step close to seeing this one through. But how is a country that is already headed towards major financial problems going to be able to subsidise this 50 million people who do not have health coverage? We already are seeing this system attempted with Medicare and Medicaid, not to mention the VA which heaven forbid our system end up like that government ran system. President Obama in a speech today says "I realize that the last few miles of any race are the hardest to run. But I have to say now is not the time to slow down. And now's certainly not the time to lose heart," he said. "We are going to get this done. We will reform health care. It will happen this year." Again we are seeing a rush on a bill that will change the course of this nation in many ways. My question again is why they rush?