Editor's Note: In capturing the outrages, absurdities and pomposities of American politics, simple English prose is sometimes inadequate to the task. So we're going to try something different: poetry. Or, at least, rhyme. Look for Newsweek contributor Jerry Adler's "Newsverse" every Friday in this space.
The Final Option
Watching all the drang und storm
In Congress over health reform:
The battle in the Dems' own caucus
The machinations of Max Baucus,
Signals handed down from high
Olympian peaks, I wonder why
We can’t seize the health-care bull
By the horns; the trigger pull;
Slice the knot we can’t untie
Forget who did or didn’t lie
And before we get much grayer
Just accept a single payer.
