What both of those organizations need to do is urge their members to call their congressmen/women and ask them to vote yes.

The rest of you, if you haven't called your congresspeep, do it now, and often. The wingnuts and teabaggers are flooding the switchboards - we need to make ourselves heard.

The AMA has long been recognized as a far-left organization among physicians. It has no say at all in what doctors think because it's funded by George Soros. This is common knowledge.

I'm telling you libs that 75 percent of American doctors will quit when Obamacare passes. It's going to be a crisis. I had to retire after my back gave out and I could no longer lift the pile of sanctions, and I still constantly get job offers from non-accredited hospitals in the rural south. That should tell you something.

I still constantly get job offers from non-accredited hospitals in the rural south. That should tell you something.

instant classic.

"I'm telling you libs that 75 percent of American doctors will quit when Obamacare passes."

Care to make a friendly wager on that?

You can bet that both endorsements come with an eye on their bottom lines. In fact, you can take it to the bank.

I had to retire after my back gave out and I could no longer lift the pile of sanctions...

Way more classic !!

KTinOhio, it's called satire.

If my memory serves me well (and at this moment it doesn't) these endorcements aren't new news - both organizations obviously endorse the death panels that will no doubt be in the final version that rests in the canyons of the minds of our dear brethren on the urber-Right, so to them nothing has changed.

Somehow the big Obama government has mesmerized these groups to accept the big takeover.The move toward socialism hasn't been stopped, and in short order zombie doctors and elders will be roaming the streets in search of real Americans to eat - who would have thought! -Kevo

The AMA is "far-left"? Uh, not so much. It's generally very protective of doctors' interests, and tends to be conservative. My liberal-leaning doctor husband didn't join because he found it too protective of the medical industry's interests at the expense of patients' needs. But even the AMA has finally recognized that the current system is unsustainable, and morally indefensible.

Frazer: But even the AMA has finally recognized that the current system is unsustainable, and morally indefensible.

To me this is the best evidence yet that Republicans have absolutely no interest in working within reality. That all of them — ALL of them — can flatly say "no" to the HCR bill proves that they as a group are more concerned with themselves than they are with the American people. That they could all work this hard to kill legislation which, at the very least, improves the plight of a significant portion of our population is all the proof you need.

Taking a principled stand, be it progressive or conservative, is one thing. Acting in unison to deny access to health care to 30 million people is inexcusable.

You'd think the Greedy Geezers Society and --especially -- the Wednesday Afternoon Golf Association could snare a few Repugnant votes as well, but the insanity is deep...

Welllll, if the AMA and AARP are for the health care reform package, then how come I don't see any ads from them touting it? All I've seen are the Chamber of Commerce lies trying to kill reform.

As a practical matter, I'm not sure how many votes, if any, are swayed by these kinds of institutional endorsements. -- Steve Benen

As a practical matter, if they were to throw some of the membership fees behind well crafted ads (as Josef, @18:54 suggests), it *might* make a bit of difference, since a lot of the Grey Berets in the Teabagging rank-and-file are members of AARP. But if all they do is pose for a denture-showing photo... I agree; the impact isn't likely to be huge.