Perhaps the answer to that question is obvious.  If given time for a careful reading and adequate debate, Obama and allies realize they might not get everything they want.

Did you ever meet an unethical person who gave his victim required time to adequately evaluate every detail of a document, laced with tricky details difficult to detect?

If Barack Obama is being honest in this far-reaching health reform, of course he will want to allow all the time necessary to fairly evaluate this health reform package, which consists of over 1,000 pages.

President Barack Obama by attempting to speed this health care legislation through Congress reminds one of the speed with which the $700 billion plus budget bailout package was rammed through Congress.