NOT ONLY was it a heckuva lot more than $15, it was my money.

[Update via Instapundit]: "Cash for cloture". Follow the links.

YOU DON'T SAY: "The rushed, secretive way that a bill this destructive and unpopular is being forced on the country shows that "reform" has devolved into the raw exercise of political power for the single purpose of permanently expanding the American entitlement state."