The Final Chapter

Suderman is saddened that C-SPAN probably won't be allowed to televise the health care negotiations and that the final stage of health care reform will happen behind closed doors:

[W]ithout reporters and recorders in the room, we'll miss out on the historical record, which is both useful (in terms of understanding the legislative process) and interesting (as political narrative). That's important for any bill, and it's especially true with a bill of this size and this sort of transformational impact. When future generations or, hell, current generations ask how we got the system we have, we'll be able to tell part of the story, but when it comes to the end, we'll simply have to speculate, or shrug our shoulders in confusion, as crucial details from the final days of negotiating will be missing.

Ezra Klein takes an opposing view.