re: #146 windsagio

read the second part of what I said.

Theres a portion of the dem party that is so deeply in the pockets of the insurance industry, that they’re making every step they can to nuke this reform. The main step of the nearly unanimous republican opposition is that we need unanimous democratic support, plus that Joker Lieberman. Thus Lieberman (who I’m harping on because he’s ground zero of the ‘owned by insurance companies’ faction) and the blue dogs can gain absolutely crazy concessions that hurt the bill, because they know the Dem leadership needs their votes to break a filibuster.

So don’t get me wrong. I don’t like how the Republicans are acting, but the real villians here are the Blue Dogs and Joementum.

I agree that there are villians, but… if it doesn’t pass it’s the Dems who could not get it done. Contrast to the “free drugs for seniors” bill that the R’s sailed through, even with stiff Conservative opposition. Sometimes just one thing can skinny through.