The nation was about halfway through the twenty-month-long marathon on health-care reform that had been set in motion by President and Mrs. Clinton. This group of debaters faithfully reflects the range (if not every possible shade) of opinion on the question, and so, despite the hopeful adjuration of Rep. Cooper ("Democrats and Republicans have been fighting for half a century on this issue. Now is the time to come together in common agreement on what will work, what will be good medicine back home for all"), there can be no consensus. But there's plenty to think about in these two half-hours. PS: "I've got the only plan that works, and that's Medicare. And none of the people here would call that socialism or vote against it." PG: "It's just paying for it is the problem." PS: "And the seniors love it. All the seniors love it. The doctors like it. The hospitals survive with it." JF: "And it's about to bankrupt the country."