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Adam Howard Five Dems on the Finance Committee helped defeat a public option; do they really think that will advance healthcare reform--or even their political careers?

• The Medicare Gravy Train
• Key Dems Abandon Reform

John Nichols The Senate Finance Committee has voted down a government-run health insurance option. Will healthcare reform bills in other committees keep the public option alive?

• The Medicare Gravy Train

Greg Grandin Hugo Chávez talks about his relationship with President Obama, the Honduran crisis, plans to extend the Pentagon's presence in Colombia and domestic successes and challenges.

Jeremy Scahill Democrats joined Republicans in voting to "Defund ACORN" yet haven't stopped Blackwater's taxpayer-funded crusade abroad.

• Christopher Hayes: ACORN and Accountability

Barry Schwabsky Jack Tworkov's writings wrestle with the figures of Abstract Expressionism and his own lost illusions.

• Marina Harss: Ratmansky Takes Manhattan

Robert Dreyfuss The revelation of a uranium enrichment facility inflames the passions of hawks and vastly complicates upcoming talks with world powers.

• Barbara Crossette: Huge Hurdles to Nuclear and Energy Reform

Sharon Lerner If Republicans don't derail reform, they can still limit access to affordable reproductive healthcare.

• Sylvia Law: Choice Without Funding Isn't Good Enough