August 17th, 2009 • 6:30 amSit Back & Enjoy The Fight
Now that Kathleen Sebelius and Kent Conrad have said that the public option is essentially off the table, something that I’m not buying BTW, the progressives are throwing a hissy fit:
On the same day that a Cabinet member signaled the administration’s willingness to forego inclusion of a public health insurance option in the final version of health care reform legislation, a Texas Democrat who is also a registered nurse suggested that the public option might be a deal breaker for at least some House Democrats.
“It would be very, very difficult,” to support a bill that lacked a public health insurance option, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union, “because, without the public option, we’ll have the same number of people uninsured. If the insurance companies wanted to insure these people now, they’d be insured.
Johnson added that “an option that would give the private insurance companies a little competition” is “the only way” to be sure that insurance is available to low income people and people without employer-provided coverage.
This is getting delicious. The moderate-sounding Democrats are urging the radicals-progressives to not commit political suicide. The radicals-progressives hold safe seats so they’re rejecting that offer. A food fight is about to start between the moderate-sounding Democrats and the radicals-progressives.
That means one thing to me: pull up a soft recliner and watch the food fight destroy the Democratic Party. There’s nothing quite as fun as watching the Democrats get complacent before starting a food fight.
PS- Feel free to grab an adult beverage or light up a fine cigar if you’re inclined to do so as these things have been known to enhance the enjoyment.
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Cross-posted at California Conservative
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Pingback by California Conservative » Blog Archive » The Public Option ISN’T Dead Yet, Part II • 17Aug2009 @ 7:15 am
Nothing makes me happier than watching Nancy Pelosi’s hackles rise and she gets ready for a fight, especially one she can not win. I remember seeing her talking to a group of illegal immigrants and promising them the world, something a public health plan would have given them. You’re right, sit back and enjoy the fight, it should be a doozie. Between newly elected representatives looking towards re-election and dems from generally conservative areas, there will never be enough votes for a public option, and seeing the Dems seethe at each other like a bunch of snakes palced in a burlap sack will be enjoyable.
The biggets fallacy is that a public option would compete with private insurance… you can not compete with the government. You can not compete with an entity that does not need to show a profit. Its impossible.
Comment by Brad C • 17Aug2009 @ 9:56 am