Cuba: Are we there yet?

I want to go to Cuba — and not just because this Kansas City winter won’t end. I’ve always wanted to go to Cuba. I want to see for myself what the big deal is about the place that’s tormented our politicians all these years. I want to see the crumbling architecture that once looked so cool. I want to breathe the sultry air (it’s 84 and sunny as I write this), drink cafe con leche and listen to some of the music I’ve come to love. I want to see communism up

close, so I can make my own judgments about it.

As a journalist, I could get special permission. But I want to go as a regular citizen. That’s why I was happy to hear this week’s news that Congress might actually lift the travel ban.

Among the House bill’s 121 co-sponsors are Reps. Dennis Moore and Emanuel Cleaver. Cleaver is traveling to Cuba as part of a congressional delegation that leaves on Friday. Update: When this post went live, I hadn’t heard from either congressman; see what they have to say after the jump.