Big Stuff

None of these items may eventually play out exactly as I'd like, but all are potentially big news:

• The Senate is moving ahead with a healthcare reform bill resulting from merging with the House version. On the face of it, it appears that key Dem concerns have been addressed, and full steam ahead to the floor. Any filibuster, hello reconciliation.

• A House panel has approved curbs on "Too Big to Fail" banking firms. About time.

• China appears to be ready to cooperate with President Obama and the U.S. on curbing global-warming emissions.

• Attorney General Eric Holder goes before Congress to reiterate and explain the decision to try the 9/11 masterminds in NYC where the crime was committed, showing more spine than all the conservative fear-infected detractors put together.

And meanwhile, in the alt reality that is The Sarah Palin Network a.k.a. FNC, her book-signing crowd sizes are being inflated, once again, by using footage from other events...a.k.a. bald-faced lying.