tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405620239163912537.post3359264373697904094..comments2023-08-07T08:39:35.041-07:00Comments on The Thinking Nationalist: Health Care: All Eyes on the SenateThe Thinking Nationalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15501475482005858108noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405620239163912537.post-19054288346124982502009-11-08T23:18:56.939-08:002009-11-08T23:18:56.939-08:00At first, I was shocked and appalled that the vote...At first, I was shocked and appalled that the vote was as close as it was, that people who voted against it were Democrats. Some of them are progressive stalwarts like Dennis Kucinich who rightly pegged the House bill as a giveaway to the insurance industry with a lackluster public option that most people can't enter into. It is sad we couldn't pass the best bill now but fortunately we can strengthen it later.<br /><br /> But for the rural red-district Dems who voted against it for being too liberal those people should be ashamed for being afraid to stand up on principle. Even worse is just to believe as Republicans do. We don't need blue dog dems. <br /><br />Harry Reid, fighting the good fight ever since he came out in favor of the public option, now has no choice but to use reconciliation- most likely tack health care onto a mandatory spending bill- in order to avoid the GOP/Lieberman filibuster. A reconciled Senate health care bill can be as liberal as possible and be fairly close to what the House passed. <br /><br />The teabaggers lost all credibility- you know, being American- by comparing health care reform to the Holocaust. I hope Obama takes more concrete action to protect us domestically and moves the Senate to ensure speedy passage and gives Harry Reid the courage to do reconciliation so health care can be passed by majority vote and then signed into law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com