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voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/2/2009
No reform is better than a public option, Lieberman says
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By John Amick CBS: FACE THE NATION - Lieberman: No reform is better than a public option Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Sunday that no health-care reform bill at all is better than legislation that includes some form of a government-run public option. "The truth is that nothing is ...
thehill.com - 11/3/2009
Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
— thehill.com — Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Harry Reid that he will not block healthcare reform,... sources say. Read more... (more) Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

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blogs.courant.com - 10/31/2009
Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"
— blogs.courant.com — Ralph Nader called him the nation's leading political hermaphrodite . To Ghengis Conn, he's an attention-craving  political... outcast with a meager record of accomplishment since 2006. Slate magazine paints him as a pawn of the state's ... (more) Joe Lieberman: "I feel relevant"

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Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
thinkprogress.org - 11/1/2009
Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform With A Public Option
— thinkprogress.org — For months now, media critics like Media Matters’ Jamison Foser have pointed out that the press have... often demonstrated a double standard when questioning opponents and proponents of the public option, only asking advocates about whether they ... (more) Lieberman Would Prefer ‘Nothing’ To Health Care Reform ...

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The New Republic blogs:  Lieberman’s Acting Just Like Howard Dean (Again)

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Lieberman’s Acting Just Like Howard Dean (Again)
The New Republic blogs — When Joe Lieberman declared on yesterday's Face the Nation that no health care reform bill at all would be preferable to one with the public option, he reminded me less of a wannabe John Boehner than a bombast on the other end of the political spectrum: Howard Dean. Like his former opponent, Dean is no stranger to grandstanding for attention. Less than two months ago, Dean ...

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