Senator Grassley is making some strange statements these days. He sounds like a person who is stressed out because so many people are demanding what he refuses to give them. That would be a viable public option or single payer health care system like every other industrialized country has.

Grassley has a million – actually 1.5 million reasons – why he must sell us on our current broken – and way too expensive – health care system. That would be campaign contributions to his reelection fund from those who stand to benefit from his position. Some would see this as a dictionary definition of a bribe.

So now Grassley must be the worst epitome of a used car salesman trying to get us into an Edsel at full price while we look around and see others driving sleek new cars that cost much less.

Mr. Grassley, this would truly be a good time to listen to your constituents. If you don’t, you may have to buy health insurance from the system you supported after next year. Then you will realize what a truly miserable system it is.

Americans are tired of having a health care system that is the equal of Slovenia and Costa Rica.