Is 'deem-and-pass' an irredeemable boondoggle?

Getting health care reform through the House via "deem-and-pass," a parliamentary move whereby the House "deems" the Senate bill passed as it votes in favor of a package of fixes via reconciliation, may indeed be a foolish strategy, as HCR stalwarts Ezra Klein, Jonathan Chait, Jonathan Bernstein and Kevin Drum are all lamenting. Drum nicely captures the consensus:

Like it or not, process has become a big issue as healthcare has dragged along into its second year, and the public really does seem to have grown weary of endless procedural wankery. What's more, there's no benefit. Any Democrat who thinks that Republican attacks this fall are going to be blunted even a smidge because, technically, they voted for the package of fixes, not the main bill, is living in fantasy land.