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MoveOn-Cost of Delay (video)
This 30-second television ad starkly depicts the real human cost of settling for a so-called trigger for the public option in health care reform.
Tom DeLay Two-Steps on 'Dancing with the Stars' Finale
Tom DeLay Two-Steps on 'Dancing with the Stars' Finale
politicsdaily.com — Tom DeLay will be dancing the Texas Two-Step with Cheryl Burke on the season finale of "Dancing... with the Stars" Tuesday night. Last month, DeLay had to drop out of the popular TV dance competition after three weeks because of stress fractures in both ... (more) Tom DeLay Two-Steps on 'Dancing with the Stars' Finale
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Health Care Reform Closing Arguments: White House, Activists, Labor Unions Eye The Finish Line
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — With the Senate poised to cast historic votes on health care legislation, a host of activist groups, labor unions, and even the White House itself launched their closing arguments to ensure passage. On Friday, five different groups released polling numbers, television advertisements, robocalls and fact-checking data in an effort to cushion health care reform from its critics. The pro-reform organization Health Care For America Now released polling data targeting three swing Democratic votes: Sens. Blanche Lincoln (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb.) and Mary Landrieu (La.). In each of those states, between 77 percent (Arkansas and Louisiana) ...

MoveOn: 'Trigger'
Ben Smith's Blog — MoveOn keeps waging the public option wars, going up with this anti-trigger spot in Maine and Arkansas.

MoveOn To Run Public Option Ad On 'Human Cost' Of Triggers
TPM Election Central — Starting next week, the liberal group MoveOn will run a 30-second television ad in Maine and Arkansas highlighting what they describe as the "human cost" of delaying the public option. "Our health care system is clearly in crisis," reads a statement from Ilyse Hogue, MoveOn's Director of Political Advocacy. "People are dying without care, yet some in Congress apparently think the status quo is acceptable--or would have us wait for things to get even worse before we can expect real reform." The so-called 'trigger' is simply a ploy by those who oppose a public option to ...

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