This is a good opinion piece by Thomas Friedman on the auto situation http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/opinion/12friedman.html?hp
especially this bit about health care which is very true:
And please, spare me the alligator tears about G.M.’s health care costs. Sure, they are outrageous. “But then why did G.M. refuse to lift a finger to support a national health care program when Hillary Clinton was pushing for it?” asks Dan Becker, a top environmental lobbyist.