After nearly a day-long read of the changes, we learn there will be no amendments allowed to a 2,000 plus page long bill that will impact all Americans in one of the most intimate ways possible: how they get their health care. As the Wall Street Journal put it earlier this week, getting to the magic # 60 has been a game of human "Whack-a-mole" for Harry Reid. He can't risk losing anyone by allowing amendments that might cost him one precious vote.  The reason for the rush job is obvious: if they don't get this through before Christmas, the chances of doing it at all grow dim. The Christmas break gives the public at least a bit of a chance to see what's in the black box. They simply cannot have that. I would call this a travesty, but that doesn't suffice. The word for what they're trying to ram through simply doesn't exist.