On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Of course Republicans were involved in the health care discussions, to > claim otherwise is absurd. The entire notion of a "public option" was > a compromise from the original idea of a single payer health plan.
That was one Senator, Olympia Snow, saying if they removed that item she'd vote for it. The entire process was in Reids offeice behind closed doors and no Republicans allowed in. They weren't even allowed to read it until a couple of hours before the vote. Which brings us to Pelosi's comment: "But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" > The > bills that were finally unveiled were pulled every more rightward from > the original discussions precisely because of Republican input. And > even once they got 80% of what they wanted, they still voted no. And > nothing is going to change that. It doesn't matter what happens to the > bill, Republicans don't want to see anything passed that might seem > like a victory for Obama. Boehner has said so. McConnell has said so. > Steel has said so. Not true at all. They keep saying it's so awful and expensive we need to start over but this time include them in the negotiations. Why is being included in negotiations such a bad thing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313298 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
