Well, that’s what approximately 59 Senate Democrats must be wishing right about now. Here’s the WSJ report on Lieberman’s objection to any kind of public option whatsoever:
Probe for a catch or caveat in that opposition, and none is visible. Can he support a public option if states could opt out of the plan, as the current bill provides? “The answer is no,” he says in an interview from his Senate office. “I feel very strongly about this.” How about a trigger, a mechanism for including a public option along with a provision saying it won’t be used unless private insurance plans aren’t spreading coverage far and fast enough? No again.
Is Lieberman taking a stand on principle? Or is he a wholly-owned subsidiary of Connecticut’s insurance industry?
Honestly — who cares!
Joe is my senator. I supported him (gladly) after the Daily Kos attempt to push Ned Lamont onto an unsuspecting world. For those of you not familiar with our local politics, Lamont beat Joe in the democrat primary handily. Trouble is, in a full election we republicans can vote and we did to landslide Joe back into the senate as an “Independant”. Not the best choice for repubs, but he is a hawk and staunch friend of Israel so he got our vote.
Joe has been listening to our emails and letters flooding his office.
He WILL vote NO and defeat this horrid and corrupt bill.
Regarding this posting by our drunken (god luv ‘em!) host, Hartford, CT isn’t known as the “Insurance Captial of the World” for nothing!
‘Jeopardy’ fans make a note in case Alex should ask this on a future show.