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Lieberman: "Nothing" Better Than Public Option (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) made his position on health care reform even more clear Sunday morning, saying he would rather have "nothing" than a bill with a public option. ...
Ships That Pass in the Night
Booman Tribune —
I guess Lieberman is going to run for reelection as a Republican . Even if he backs down on the cloture vote, he's basically burned his bridges. What's weird is how closely Arlen Specter's recent moves to left parallel Lieberman's to the right. They're almost like ships passing in the night, and we wind up with no net difference.
Midday Open Thread
Daily Kos —
Joe Lieberman would rather have nothing over a bill with a public option. SCHIEFFER: But is what you’re also saying is that nothing is better than a government health insurance, or a health insurance reform that includes a public option? Nothing is better than that? LIEBERMAN: Well, the truth is that nothing is better than that because I think we ought to follow, if I may, the doctor’s oath in Congress as we deal with health care reform, do no harm. "Death taxes" make the leap from the opinion ...
Joe Lieberman admits he prefers we don't pass health care reform at all
AMERICAblog News —
... Joe Lieberman is now saying that he prefers no health care reform at all, if the choice is between a bill with the public option and no bill at all. The thing is, Lieberman just got caught in a lie. As ThinkProgress points out, ...
Bob Schieffer Catches Lieberman in His Hypocrisy
The Moderate Voice —
... Sen. Joe Lieberman told Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation today that Democrats are sabotaging health care reform by insisting on a public option. Schieffer, however, got Lieberman to admit that he would prefer no health care reform bill at all to a health care reform bill that included a public option (emphasis in original): ...
Feeling the Joementum
Political Animal —
... , for example, that he "wants to vote for health care reform this year," but added that he can't let the Senate vote on the bill based on "what it is now." Since the legislation is bound to change, Lieberman had some room to move. Yesterday, on CBS's "Face the Nation," Lieberman was more categorical. Given a choice between allowing some consumers to have a choice between competing public and private health plans and doing absolutely nothing, the Connecticut senator prefers the latter . SCHIEFFER: But is what you're also saying is that nothing is better than a government health ...
Lieberman: No reform is better than reform with a public option
The Reaction —
... As Think Progress notes, Lieberman's argument that a public option would do harm just doesn't hold up. As well: In his discussion with Schieffer, Lieberman acted as though the public option was the only thing stopping him from ...
CBS Lets Lieberman Lie About the CBO Analysis of Public Option Premiums
Firedoglake —
... (to cover the sicker payments), and so would the need for government subsidies, thus adversely impacting the federal deficits.
7. If Congress wants to lower total premiums and reduce the federal budget for subsidies, while ensuring more of the uninsured are covered, then it should include a strong PO and give more people access to it. A weak PO and limited access makes everything worse.
And Joe Lieberman is an unprincipled, lying scoundrel.
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h/t to ThinkProgess for the video and story.
Lieberman’s Ego and Cao’s Conscience
The Moderate Voice —
... “). After all, Lieberman opposed the Senate Finance Committee bill even though it didn’t have a public option, and in 1994, his “conscience” told him that ...
Lieberman Pledges To Filibuster House Bill: The Public Option Is ?Unnecessary?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... “). After all, Lieberman opposed the Senate Finance Committee bill even though it didn’t have a public option, and in 1994, his “conscience” told him that ...
No one is more full of shit than Joe Lieberman
The Reaction —
... "). After all, Lieberman opposed the Senate Finance Committee bill even though it didn't have a public option, and in 1994, his "conscience" told him that ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... He denounced the public option again on November 1, on Face the Nation. So his opposition to this incredibly popular provision was abundantly clear just as the poll was taken -- it had just been in the headlines. ...
