Graham pushes back on working with Democrats on health care reform

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JULIA MANCHESTER - 09/24/17 10:00 AM EDT

Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday pushed back on the possibility of working with Democrats on heath care reform, saying ObamaCare is a placeholder for "BernieCare" for Democrats.

“I’ve come to conclude that ObamaCare is a placeholder for BernieCare in the Democratic world," Graham said on ABC's "This Week," adding that there is no bipartisan process at this point for moving forward on health care reform.

Graham's comments come as he and Senate Republican leadership scramble to get GOP votes for the GOP's latest repeal and replace legislation, the Graham-Cassidy bill which Graham co-sponsored with Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.).

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced on Friday that he would be voting against the legislation, saying he wanted to opt for a bipartisan solution that follows the "regular process" of hearings and committee discussion. McCain's announcement is a near-fatal blow to the legislation, which now needs every other Republican vote in the conference to pass. Graham said he respects McCain's decision but "I just disagree with him here."

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/352125-graham-pushes-back-on-working-with-democrats-on-health-care-reform

[COLGATE4]

1. What a nasty, shameless little prick Graham is! nt

[groundloop]

2. So we MUST retake the Senate, House, and White House and pass single payer

Also we need to strengthen Medicare and shore up social security (taking away the income cap would go a long ways).

[LuvLoogie]

3. That will be the tack that Graham and Cassidy take. Bernie will usurp the work done to pass/save

the ACA. He will spend the majority of Monday night talking about his bill.

[SunSeeker]

6. Exactly. Graham will use Bernie to frame his "Ocare is pre-Berniecare" meme. nt

[NastyRiffraff]

8. This is exactly what I was afraid of

Real DEMOCRATS have said many times that they're willing to work with Republicans on improving the ACA; they all know it's not perfect. But perfect is sometimes the enemy of the good; certainly in this case, at this time. We need to focus on defeating HellCare.

[mpcamb]

15. "work with Republicans on improving the ACA"... isn't it time to agree to bid drug prices for all?

If there's one notion that nobody's going to voice opposition to when there's a microhone around, this is it.
You can't win an election saying you want drugs to be expensive and not bid upon.
Make 'em line up on this issue.
It can decide upcoming elections.

[Scarsdale]

4. He has been in office for years.

What, exactly has he done for his constituents and others? The most memorable thing I remember about him is when he went to Iraq with McCain. They went to a market, heavily protected with helicopters overhead. He claimed it was really safe. Then he gushed about finding two throw rugs for only $5 !!! Fabulous, Lindsey, just fabulous.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Something doesn't smell right about Graham and this bill.

His tone when supporting it just strikes me as over the top.

[Ligyron]

9. I thought it was out of character for the version of Lindsey since Trump

[Yavin4]

11. An over compensating performance for the Koch Bros.

Graham is vulnerable in an SC primary.

[dalton99a]

7. Graham - now of Graham-Cassidy fame - is as despicable as they come

[Plucketeer]

10. What came out his Lie-Hole.....

“I’ve come to conclude that ObamaCare is a placeholder for BernieCare in the Democratic world,"

What was in his head:

“My corporate donors have come to conclude that ObamaCare is a placeholder for BernieCare in the Democratic world,"

[Freethinker65]

12. So Lindsey and the GOP are gonna try to scare people with repeating "Berniecare"

Guess that is the predetermined talking point for the town hall and rest of the month. I suppose the Democratic Party could try something like Trumpdontcare/Lindseydontcare/GOPdontcare, but I am actually now feeling confident we will not need to.

[beachbum bob]

13. graham scared shitless of taking on trump or mcconnel as always

and he's in the pocket of so many special interest...hard to stand as a man of ethics.

he whines win democrats don't play nice and laughs in their face when he refuses to play nice. another conservative ass