With health care overhaul caught in a legislative crossfire on Capitol Hill, Republicans seem ready to go into overdrive to deep-six any plan that will emerge.

GOP National Committee Chairman Michael Steel has joined that assault , declaring that President Obama's initiative amounts to socialism.

In an interview on CNN, though, Steele couldn't name his own insurance provider -- a statement the Democratic National Committee pounced on and proliferated.

 

But at least he has one, unlike an estimated 46 million Americans or so.

 

 

When he's not saving the world through physics, The Atom has a few things to say about the state of education in the nation's Capitol. As part of a training exercise, young progressive organizers are merging social media with tactics from the Obama campaign to elect one of eight superheroes Mayor of DC (that's the District of Columbia, not DC Comics). Check out the campaign, and vote for your favorite superhero here. Voting runs from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. today. As residents of DC, we here at Politics (Un)Seriously just hope that whoever wins has the power to leap large potholes in a single bound.