All day long, I've been watching the sausage making, i.e., the House of Representatives vote on health care, and as I write this, it's about to pass. I'll admit I've wonkily studied it all. I've read large chunks of the multi-thousand page bill, although not all. I've watched hours of CSPAN until even my nerdy eyes glaze over. I know what Glenn Beck or Keith Olbermann will say, well before they say it.

But cast all that aside.

Cast all the minutiae aside.

The historic kernel of what is happening is quite simple.

For the first time in U.S. history, health care is a right of citizenship.

As Keats would say, "That's all ye need to know."