Democrats and The White House are in shock over the loss of the Kennedy Senate seat in Massachusetts, and the blame game is in full bloom. Many trace it to confusion over health care, over its contents and concessions made to bring it to the table. As important as it was made to be, the economy was placed on the back burner at a time when money in our pockets surpassed the state of our health as the citizens' primary concern. Those who profess to be concerned about us need to take another look at what matters to us and not to them.

McNair Taylor, Baltimore

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