From a June 18 column by E. J. Dionne, just posted on our homepage:

Where did we get the idea that the only good health-care bill is a bipartisan bill? Is bipartisanship more important than whether a proposal is practical and effective? And if bipartisanship is a legitimate goal, isnt each party equally responsible for achieving it?

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Mollie Wilson O’​Reilly is editor-at-large and columnist at Commonweal.

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