Some reads for today...

1. Karl Rove argues that Republicans can defeat the Democrats’ health care proposals by appealing to fiscal conservatives with their own reform ideas.
2. Gene Lyons urges President Obama to forget about bipartisan consensus and push health care reform through despite Republican protests. 
3. Did Obama’s financial regulatory overhaul go far enough?  An opinion piece in “The Economist” says that while there is a lot to like about the new legislation, Obama may have missed an opportunity to implement bolder reforms. 
4. John Kerry argues that critics of President Obama’s Iran policy are reacting emotionally without recognizing the realities of Iranian politics.
5. Ranj Alaaldin assesses how a Mousavi presidency  might change Iranian foreign policy. 
6. Has the GOP given away its edge on national security issues by voting against the most recent war funding bill?
7. PETA calls on Obama to be more humane to insects.
8. The US debt may be growing, but Italian authorities still weren’t fooled by two Japanese travelers trying to enter Switzerland with $134 billion worth of forged US Treasury bonds.