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Political Animal: Lieberman, one day later, five years later
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire: Lieberman Proposed a Public Option in 2004
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@Cody_K #p2 #tcot #tlot #hcr #hc09 #ocra #sgp #912 Lieberman's been hanging out w/the Big Flip Flopper McCain 2 long... http://bit.ly/K0cUP 10/29/2009 |
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http://bit.ly/K0cUP Most politicians when R running 4 office W/say anything voters want 2 hear N order 2 get elected-Lieberman" U LIE" n 04 10/29/2009 |
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What a turncoat, does anyone remember when he was for reform, back when he wanted to be president? http://bit.ly/K0cUP #retirejoelieberman 10/28/2009 |
Lieberman, one day later, five years later
Political Animal —
... clear, this puts Lieberman to Olympia Snowe's right . Snowe's argument is that there should be a trigger -- if reforms come up short of expectations, a public option would kick into existence, and insurers would know that possibility exists, so they'd have a built-in incentive. Lieberman's argument is that even a trigger is too much -- if reforms come up short of expectations, then maybe lawmakers will think about debating something in "three or four years." Funny, Lieberman had a much different position when he was running for president five years ago. Sen. Joe Lieberman ...
Lieberman Proposed a Public Option in 2004
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
When Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) ran for president in 2004 -- as a Democrat -- he supported a public option as part of any health care reform effort, TPM reports. ...
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SteveAudio —
... As Eric Kleefeld pointed out at TalkingPointsMemo, Lieberman had a similar platform in 2004, when he promised to cover all American children with a Medicare-style plan, and said under his plan "if you lose your job, you will not lose your health insurance." ...
Bob Cesca: Joe Lieberman Filibusters Health Care while Americans Suffer
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... is that, somehow, reform with a public option will increase the deficit. This is, naturally, a lie. He's making it up because, as we're well aware, the CBO reported that the House bill, featuring a "level playing field" public option and no opt-out language, will reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $100 billion over ten years, with further deficit reduction in the subsequent ten years.
What makes this whole thing even more insane is that Lieberman actually supported the public option when he ran for president in 2004.
To date, he really doesn't ...
