Some reads for this morning...

1. Paul Begala writes that the left seems to "prefer a glorious defeat to an incremental victory" and argues for passage of current health reform proposals as an important, albeit imperfect, step in the right direction
2. David Broder recalls the outraged protesters LBJ faced at the Adolphus Hotel before the 1960 presidential election, and wonders if history might be repeating itself today with the GOP suffering blowback from overly aggressive demonstrations.
3. Karl Rove diagnoses the Obama team as suffering from "Extended Campaign Syndrome."
4. Ezra Klein asks Nancy- Ann Deparle, the director of the White House Office on Health Reform, if it's 1994 again.
5. House Minority Leader John Boehner responds to Obama's town hall meeting and calls the current health care bill "hopelessly flawed."