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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/22/2009
Bait and Switch: Is Snowe Trying To Have It Both Ways On The Public Option?
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If you were wondering how and why the weekend reports that Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) had come out in support of a true public option had become so confused , I may have an answer for you. I've obtained, from two separate sources, video from the Maine health care rally in question, during ...
pnhp.org - 7/21/2009
Bait and switch: How the â
— pnhp.org — The people who brought us the “public option” began their campaign promising one thing but now promote... something entirely different. To make matters worse, they have not told the public they have backpedalled. The campaign for the “public ... (more) Bait and switch: How the â
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Some Good News from Olympia Snowe?
blogs.tnr.com - 7/20/2009
Some Good News from Olympia Snowe?
— blogs.tnr.com — As Jonathan reports, this is gut-check time for Democrats . But there was at least one piece... of good news over a tough weekend.   Here are some excerpted comments by Senator Olympia Snowe at a Saturday rally, again relayed to me via the good ... (more) Some Good News from Olympia Snowe?

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/22/2009
Co-opting Reformers' Language, Snowe Continues Push For Public Option Trigger Mechanism
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Yesterday, I noted that reports had emerged out of Maine that, at a health care rally this... past weekend, Sen. Olympia Snowe had changed course and come out in support of a trigger-free public option--a public option "available from day one," as ... (more) Co-opting Reformers' Language, Snowe Continues Push For ...
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Talking Points Memo — ... But now we have video of the rally, and the Snowe aide doesn't appear to have included the qualifying language. Is Snowe trying to have it both ways? Give it a ...

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