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Article snippet: The political news cycle is fast, and keeping up can be overwhelming. Trying to find differing perspectives worth your time is even harder. That’s why we have scoured the internet for political writing from the right and left that you might not have seen. Has this series exposed you to new ideas? Tell us how. Email us at ourpicks@nytimes.com. • Philip Klein in Washington Examiner: “For opponents of Obamacare evaluating the proposal, the question boils down to whether to place more emphasis on the spending in the coming years or in the promised reforms in the next decade.” Mr. Klein is dissatisfied with the health care bill put forward by Senate Republicans, writing that the proposed legislation “reads less like an Obamacare repeal bill and more like an Obamacare rescue package.” He argues that, in the short term, the bill “spends a substantial amount of money to prop up Obamacare’s failing insurance markets” and funds Read more » _____ • The Editors in National Review: “From a conservative perspective, the chief selling point of the bill is Medicaid reform.” The editorial board at National Review isn’t thrilled with the Senate Republican health care bill, either. Calling it a “flawed” bill, they recommend a number of improvements — including accelerating “the phase-in of Medicaid reform” — which might ensure its passage. If the bill remains as is, they write, “it is likely to die, and it will be difficult to mourn the loss.” Read more » _____ • David Harsanyi in ... Link to the full article to read more