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In reply to the discussion: I can't believe some Libs/Progressives here would rather see the ACA struck down [View all]hempoilworks
(6 posts)at a "hearing" either
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090513_baucus_raucous_caucus/

"...Single-payer advocates have been protesting in Senate Finance Committee hearings, chaired by Democratic Montana Sen. Max Baucus. Last week, at a committee hearing with 15 industry speakers, not one represented the single-payer perspective. A group of single-payer advocates, including doctors and lawyers, filled the hearing room and, one by one, interrupted the proceedings.
Protester Adam Schneider yelled: We need to have single-payer at the table. I have friends who have died, who dont have health care, whose health care did not withstand their personal health emergencies. ... Single-payer now!
Baucus gaveled for order, guffawing, We need more police. The single-payer movement has taken his words as a rallying cry. At a hearing Tuesday, five more were arrested. They call themselves the Baucus 13.
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If Republicans had single payer advocates arrested at a hearing would there have been any protests?
Understandably this is "forgotten" because it was shameful and a disgrace.