Tuesday Morning Open Thread

Good morning.

As we enter the final phase of the health care reform debate, the President and his team have focused attention on the greedy health insurance companies. During the health care debate, those companies have been raising rates as if no one can ever rein them in.

Today, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), the lobbying group of the health insurance companies is holding a meeting here in D.C. The lobbyists are going to be met with a large protest this morning. Over 50 organizations and thousands of activists will be gathering in Dupont Circle, then marching to the AHIP meeting to protest. They're going to demand that Congress listen to the American people, not the insurance companies. That's going to be hard for many in Congress, including all the GOPers in the House and Senate, who are beholden to insurance companies.

Also, today, in D.C., same-sex couples who applied for their marriage licenses last week can pick them up today. There will be legally married gay couples in D.C. by the end of the day.

Let's get threading....