Sure, Iran is the sexy news story right now. But there's another battle happening, an extremely important one for Americans of our generation, and the hopes for the underdog are almost as lopsided.

Paul Krugman has covered it well -- this recent article highlights one of the main reasons healthcare reform is such an uphill battle -- and why resistance to the public option crosses party lines.

Nate Silver, on fivethirtyeight.com, is also doing a bang-up job covering and analyzing this issue.