Political humor works best when it hits issues people care about. SNL stepped up to the plate last night with an opening bit with Obama, flanked by Pelosi and Reid, promising to pass the Health bill despite it being "terribly unpopular."
The wind-up, the pitch; and it's a slow sinking curve. Pelosi, Obama tells us, is safe at home in San Fran, but Reid could be out thanks to the very, very unpopular bill. Steeeeee-rike!
No one cares whether Harry comes or goes. He's a non-issue compared to the one standing there with a bat: why is the Health Insurance Reform bill, the Democrat's comprehensive legislation on the issue that swept them into the White House and solid majorities in the House and Senate, so deeply, deeply unpopular? it's funny when you think about it.
You can blame the Republican parlimentary procedures, or the Fox news misinformation campaign, or the ranting fringe teabaggers or the effect of insurance lobby money. As though it were a great bill that people would get behind if they only understood what it was about.
That's the pitch they should have swung at. Maybe they would have even hit upon the real reason: voters don't want everyone to have access to health insurance.
We want everyone to have access to health care. Health insurance is the thing preventing that.
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