Speaker Pelosi really outdid herself last night in point of mendacity.  She referred to the opening sentence of the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness . . ."  She then tried to link yesterday's successful leftist takeover of the health care system to the principles and values of this great document, suggesting that there is a right to health care.  How's that for chutzpah?  What is despicable about her and her ilk is their mendacity: they know full well that their welfare state principles are radically at odds with the founders' conception of limited government, but they refuse to state clearly to the American people what they stand for.

But it ain't over til it's over and these lying leftists will have hell to pay.  The battle is just beginning.  Some commentary:  Victor Davis Hanson, Newt Gingrich, Varadarajan, Trende.