He charges that the Republicans are trying to slow it down, saying the same thing that was said of slavery and the civil rights movement. Obviously, forgetting history since it was the Democrats who tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Act and it was the Republicans who ended slavery:We all know the Republicans aren’t the problem with passing health care. Reid has a filibuster-proof majority, Republican votes aren’t need at all. It’s his own party that isn’t happy with the bill and he has to do the impossible: pass a bill that has a public optionish component (here’s another way for compromise) and limits abortion enough to keep the pro-aborts and the pro-lifers on board.