Sen. Lindsey Graham's warnings about using reconciliation are completely disingenuous. He voted for Bush's tax cuts for the rich in 2003 and the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, both of which passed via reconciliation and required Vice President Cheney to cast a tie-breaking vote. Presumably, the Senate didn't "cease to function" at that time.

The conservative Traditional Values Coalition claims a bill to outlaw workplace discrimination based on one's sexual orientation would cause cause kids to be "trapped in classes taught by drag queens," "indoctrinated," and "forced to learn about bizarre sexual fetishes."

The Chamber of Commerce's health care group, Employers for a Healthy Economy, has created a new anti-health care reform ad. Titled "Afford," the Chamber of Commerce clearly didn't pony up the dough for any actual facts in the short spot.