There have already been about a gazillion words spoken, blogged, tweeted and otherwise disseminated (no matter how accurately or prematurely) about yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the Obama healthcare law, so I've decided not to add to the yammering.

Suffice it to say that the outcome has only reinforced and helped calcify our current opinions–whether it's that national healthcare is a socialistic nightmare that will deliver the U.S. to the condition of Russia at the height of the Stalin era, or that anyone who supports business interests is a capitalist tool intent on sucking the lifeblood of America's working and middle class. (We'll probably find out that the truth lies somewhere in between.)

Perhaps the reason this issue is so resonant is that it conceals deeper concerns that affect us all – wellsprings that connect us as Americans and as human beings. Look beyond the distractions that the media clamor about and you might uncover a granule of truth about the customers you serve, your friends and family and yourself.