Healthcare summit: blank piece of paper

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has the most recent explanation of the GOP’s position.

‘Let’s start over in the sense that we change the vision,’ Barton said.

‘If we do that, we can make a deal,’ he said.

‘Start over’ is the mantra of the day for the Republicans, most commonly articulated as a call that Congress return to a ‘blank piece of paper.’ Blank sheets haven’t just been waved at the summit -- they were also faxed last night to the offices of members of Congress, as part of a campaign organized by the Doctor Patient Medical Assn., a group that opposes the bill.

-- Kim Geiger