- The director of the Office of Management and Budget and the president's health care czar penned an op-ed stating that fiscally responsible health care is doable. But Charles Krauthammer writes that the bill will be an expensive failure.
- Paul Krugman thinks Sen. Bunning's blockade this week proves that both parties live in two different universes.
- The former prime minister of Iraq questions if the fragile democracy can survive this critical moment.
- The Washington Post reports that the Obama administration is "nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed...be prosecuted in a military tribunal." Here is reaction from writers around the Web.