The most important and influential columnist in America writes:

For the most part the debate among progressives about whether the final product on health reform is worth supporting has been edifying. Serious people are making serious arguments, in a way that puts conservatives, who have offered nothing but smears and lies, very much to shame.

And then:

This is a moment of truth; it’s not a time for cheap shots or name-calling.

You can’t make this stuff up, my friends.