Harry Reid's opponent: An accident beginning to happen

There is no doubt that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will have to be the comeback kid in his battle for reelection, but take a look at his most likely opponent, and don't count Reid out just yet.

Here is the healthcare plan of Reid's likely challenger: If you have major root-canal work that needed to be done and can't afford a dentist, she proposes you bring a chicken to barter with the dentist. If you need major breast cancer surgery and your insurer gives you the shaft, she suggests you offer the surgeon two cows and offer to paint his house for free, and pray he accepts the deal!

Reid's most likely opponent is Sue Lowden, a hard Republican partisan who would vote in the Senate like a lobbyist for bankers foreclosing on Nevada's homeowners and raising Nevadans’ credit card interest rates. But the real X-factor in the Nevada campaign is that Lowden, shall we say, can land on Mars when it comes to major issues.

It was Lowden's healthcare barter plan I described above. Since first suggesting it, and being met with widespread ridicule, she keeps digging herself deeper and deeper!

There is no question that Harry Reid is the underdog and has a long way to go to be reelected in this campaign.

But before counting Reid out, the next time you must have life-saving surgery and your insurer gives you the shaft, show up at the hospital with two chickens, a cow and a paintbrush and remember this is the plan of Harry Reid's most likely opponent on Election Day.