http://bit.ly/5bDtVW - - - What doth it profit a man if he gain a Medicaid buyout but lose his table at the local pizzeria?
"Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is asking Senate leaders to eliminate a controversial Medicaid deal for his state in the health care bill…" ... I spent a lot of time goofing on Lincoln, Bayh, et al. for not squeezing sweetheart deals of their own out of Reid, but given the total, utter, potentially career-ending clusterfark this has become for Nelson, it looks like they played things smart. Or at least, as smart as people who are facing career-ending votes of their own in the next few years can be. As I’m writing this, news is breaking that yet another tree has fallen in the great Democratic forest. Farewell, Vic Snyder, newest casualty of the GOP’s smoke-and-mirrors midterm hype machine. Exit question: Is Nelson’s offer to give back his bribe a sign that he’s fully committed to ObamaCare and wants his hands as clean as possible when he votes yes? Or is it a sign that he’s wetting his pants over the backlash at home and is prepared to bolt if Scott Brown shocks the world? - - - I think it was the concussion he got from the relentless barrage of garlic bread he endured at the pizzaria. Either way, if Brown wins in Taxachussetts, Nelson will definitely flop on health care, and probably try to pull an Arlen Specter to keep his job. Arlen Specter might even pull a reverse-Arlen Specter, but I don't think that will help him. - Publius -- "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
