re: #318 jim_beam

Remind me how that makes him a weasel?

Because the CBO has scored the bills as reducing government costs to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars. And the Republican plan was scored as significantly more expensive.

I know it seems counter-intuitive when you’re a small-government type (I am too), but this is one of the cases where the current plan actually costs less than keeping what we have now.

The CBO is non-partisan and frequently hailed by Republicans when it confirms their points. You can’t just reject their scoring outright because it doesn’t sound right to you this time.

Lieberman knows that the current negotiated bill with the Medicare buy-in will also come back as saving money versus what we have now. So he’s not even waiting for the score to oppose it.

He’s also the one who originally floated the idea of a Medicare buy-in during his past election campaigns. He was invited to both negotiation meetings in the Senate over the bill, and was a no-show to both of him. He’s not taking a “principled stand” here, he’s being a disingenuous weasel, even if he happens to be helping your cause.