Here's an item that comes to us courtesy of Think Progress. In an interview with FOX News' Neil Cavuto, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with the Democrats, says he can't vote for the Senate healthcare bill as it stands now.
It's a good question and one that Joe Lieberman has failed to answer -- mostly because he doesn't have an answer. He's just a great big ball of malevolent neuroses who follows his nervously jerking knee. At every point, Lieberman's reasons for opposing healthcare legislation hasn't been founded in fact. The most widely held explanation of Lieberman's constant betrayal of his own caucus has been that he's out for revenge of past wrongs. If this is the case, then Sen. Joe Lieberman is irrational... [CLICK TO READ FULL POST]
I’m struggling with this. As of this point, I’m not voting for the bill... I’m going to do my best to make this bill a better bill, a bill that I can vote for, but I’ve indicated both to the White House and the Democratic leadership that my vote is not secure at this point. And here is the reason. When the public option was withdrawn, because of Lieberman’s action, what I worry about is how do you control escalating health care costs?
It's a good question and one that Joe Lieberman has failed to answer -- mostly because he doesn't have an answer. He's just a great big ball of malevolent neuroses who follows his nervously jerking knee. At every point, Lieberman's reasons for opposing healthcare legislation hasn't been founded in fact. The most widely held explanation of Lieberman's constant betrayal of his own caucus has been that he's out for revenge of past wrongs. If this is the case, then Sen. Joe Lieberman is irrational... [CLICK TO READ FULL POST]
