Friends,
Former Democrat, now party-of-me Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman has decided that any mention of a public insurance option in the Senate version of the health care bill must go. The idea that several large health insurance companies are based in his state and have contributed handsomely to his campaigns had no impact on his decision. Clearly, Vinegar Joe sees that a market-based solution to making health care available and affordable to everyone must be the best approach—because it’s worked so well up to this point, I might add. So I will.
BTW, he’s the 60th vote to close debate and force a vote on the bill, in case you’ve lost your scorecard.
So the public option we’re left with at the moment is either your traditional tar and feathers, or perhaps the more viscerally satisfying torches and pitchforks. See? Who says they’ve limited your right to choose?
– bob