re: #230 lawhawk

The White House is pressuring Reid to make a deal with Lieberman.

Okay, so the White House wants a deal done. The Democrats want a health care package done, and it looks like Lieberman’s holdup is actually giving Reid cover to wait for the latest CBO scoring of the Medicare buy in.

Like so much of what is going on with this health care debate, the cost appears to be taking a back seat to the regular order of business - politics. Had Lieberman gone along with this nonsense, the CBO scoring wouldn’t have made a difference (or mattered to the Democrats) since this is what the Democrat majority wanted.

I’m sorry - this is despicable. Harry Reid should not be forcing decisions without all of the facts.