With the mountains of snow and the exchanging of gifts, many of you probably missed that the health care reform that was (according to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell) "sprung" on the Senate after years of debate on the issue finally passed. To get it open to a vote, the Democrats had to override a filibuster effort by the minority Republicans which takes sixty votes (as opposed to a simple majority).
Last week, when it became clear that this was going to--barely--happen, Oklahoma's junior senator called in a prayer request to the nation:
