Regarding the Public Option, it's worth watching this Frontline episode to understand how...

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7. Lieberman has been given the powers of Superman since this bill came up for debate.

Lieberman was a traitor to not the Dem Party, but to this President. Had he been a Republican and the situation reversed, his opinion in that party would have given the attention it so deserved. All the Dems had to do was to threaten to remove his privileges and Joe the narcissist would have behaved himself.


Unless of course the Party really agrees with him. I sure hope that is not the case.

The Dems who ended up reluctantly voting for this bill are supporting it right now. What else can they do? And that is what Pelosi was talking about, being coerced into votes they did not want to make and then not even getting much support in the upcoming 2010 election from the WH who coerced them.

I blame THEM. The bottom line is the Ins. Corps had the power to twist arms, our Congress has ceded its power to Corporations. And that is why there is OWS. Finally the people understand why their Reps do not listen to them, it really is pretty clear now.