December: Holiday's Note 1

Joe Lieberman and the Health Care Train Wreck
Tuesday 15 December 2009
William Rivers Pitt, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

When last we heard from Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, he was throwing sand into the gears of the Democratic push for health care reform by declaring he would filibuster any legislation containing the so-called public option. "I feel so strongly about the creation of another government health insurance entitlement," said the senator back in November. "The government going into the health insurance business - I think it's such a mistake that I would use the power I have as a single senator to stop a final vote." (Full Story)

Lieberman Was for a Medicare Buy-In Before He Was Against it
Tuesday 15 December 2009
Jason Leopold, t r u t h o u t | Report

But as Brian Beutler of Talking Points Memo noted Monday, Lieberman has long "supported the idea of a Medicare buy-in as a promising vehicle for reform, including... as recently as three months ago." (Full Story)

Rare Author's Comment: My only comment is that Joe Six-Pack Lieberman doesn't deserve all these lime-light and my precious blog space. Period. The only reason I gave him the break is because we want American people to know what a traitor looks like.