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As the mainstream media continues to whip itself into a frothing, swine flu frenzy, there are a few other things we should worry about even more. Like U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. Consider yourselves warned: Late last week, the Montana Democrat told

By Denis Storey | Updated on April 28, 2009

As the mainstream media continues to whip itself into a frothing, swine flu frenzy, there are a few other things we should worry about even more.

Like U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. Consider yourselves warned: Late last week, the Montana Democrat told reporters at the National Press Club that “everything is on the table” for health care reform. Somehow I doubt that includes a realistic way to pay for it. The suddenly vocal chairman of the Senate Finance Committee is clearly trying to rip out a page from President Obama’s “change” playbook. Obviously, he was referring to the “public option,” which sounds so much more benign than the nuclear option the Senate threatened last year, but far more frightening. Expect lawmakers to hit this hard in June.

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