And stated up front, "Look everybody, I know you expected some real change from me, but the reality is I like having the money that the Big Insurers and that Big Pharma will be sweetening my re-run for the Presidency with.

"So I am not going to ask that Congress do anything other than mandate that everybody pay for the inflated policies and terrible health covereage that they are now getting. I'd like change as the next person, but I am only the President.

"So rather than wasting a lot of everybody's time over the matter, we will at least see to it that our promise of transperency is met. The Health Care Reform Act will be only four pages long and its most salient facts will be these:

"All Americans are mandated to purchase insurance from the usual suspects.

"All Americans are expected to endure the usual shitty service.

"And if you don't like it, you and your family can still, while the Patriot Act and Homeland Security allows for it, fly off to Mexico, Canada or European nations to receive real medical care."