1.   And McCain predicts it will take a few years before the reforms become law.

2.   Health care reform has become personal.

3.   Health-care reform has become the centerpiece of his presidency.

4.   Medicare reform had become a forgone conclusion.

5.   No wonder the general public is disgusted with warnings that premiums must rise for companies to make a go of it if reforms become law.

6.   Only welfare reform became law.

7.   Soon his high-minded reform became the spoils system.

8.   The Kremlin proposed judicial reforms this month that should underpin those liberties if the reforms become law and are carried out.

9.   The partisan nature of the vote suggested that Medicare reform could become a bitter issue in Congress during upcoming elections.

10.   The news agenda had been set and reporters assailed the senators about Packwood as if welfare reform had already become a distant memory.