Some reads for today...

1. Jacob Weisberg argues that being a true friend to Israel means pressuring Netanyahu. 
2. Obama’s health plan is worse than the status quo, says Douglas O’Brien.
3. Bret Stephens claims that future presidents may have to apologize to Iranians for President Obama’s tepid support of true democracy in Iran.  Pat Buchanan disagrees, saying that Obama's policy is working and we should wait for the dust to settle in Iran.
4. Robert Kaplan warns that the US should be careful what it wishes for in North Korea and Iran, as the fall of either regime could result in a host of new problems. 
5. Peter Orszag, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, argues that health care reform is essential to balancing the federal budget. 
6. Health reform could cost over $1 trillion while still leaving millions uninsured according to the Congressional Budget Office.