Two middle aged adults. White. Dressed for office jobs, though probably not very high in the workplace hierarchy. They're sitting around the table, drinking coffee. They're looking at the paper. Or at a calculator. They're talking about President Clinton's health care reform. And they're befuddled, confused, scared. "There's got to be a better way," they sigh. "Congress can do better than that," they say. The Harry and Louise ads -- a product of the insurance industry -- probably didn't kill Clinton's health reform, but they best channeled the sentiment that killed it: Fear. Fear of change that overwhelmed the fear of the status quo. Harry and Louise always spoke in favor of reform. It was just that Clinton's reform didn't seem right to them. And in that way, they spoke for the country. There's got to be a better way. 15 years later, they're back. Same actors. Similar set. But time has ground on. They're older. They know more people struggling with health costs. They hear of more businesses shuttering beneath the burden of medical spending:
