WSJ: Mike Ross, "Blue Dog" has his day

Congressman Mike Ross, pictured right leaving the White House yesterday, continues to be one of the most visible figures on Capitol Hill this week. Today's news includes a Wall Street Journal article on the current healthcare debate. Ross has said that he wants to improve the health plan, not kill it:

"There are a number of potential cost-cutting measures which I think the American people expect before we consider any kind of new revenue," Ross said after the White House meeting Tuesday. "They want us to squeeze every ounce of savings that we can out of the current system. That's what we're demanding."

"We want a bill that we can vote for," he said. "A lot of people say, 'Why do health-care reform when the deficits are so big?' But that is when we've got to do it," because rising health-care costs threaten the nation's long-term fiscal balance, he said.