Imagine if you will...

For those who might have watched today's health care summit/debate, I'd like to play a thought game with you.

Put in your mind a room with an enormous square table.

Imagine a group of people sitting around that table, a group comprised of key members of the US Congress, including senators and congressmen and congresswoman.

Imagine the President of the United States and his Vice-President sitting at that same table.

Imagine everyone taking part, and for the most part contributing to moving things forward. A congressman speaks, a senator speaks, the president speaks, a congresswoman speaks, the vice president speaks; everyone speaks.

Got the images?

Now, imagine that the President in the room is George W. Bush.

Jarring, isn't it.

This summit obviously didn't happen when he was in office, but the truth of it is this: a summit like this never would have happened under President Bush even if members of his own party asked for it. This could only happen with someone like Barack Obama. Bush simply didn't have the tools, the skills to pull something like this off.

Even if nothing comes of this, you'd have to be a complete jerk if you didn't see and admit how hard Obama's trying, how hard he's working to get this done, to get real health care reform. The cynics will say it's a stunt, but fortunately the cynics aren't POTUS.