Grassley airs doubts about health bill

Wall Street Journal, August 25, 2009

Sen. Charles Grassley signaled growing skepticism about the likelihood of Democrat-led healthcare legislation passing this year, telling a town-hall meeting, "Now is the time to do this right or not do it." The senior Republican member of the Senate Finance Committee is central to the national debate as the bipartisan leadership of that committee struggles to forge a compromise plan.