"I told Senator Reid that I'm strongly inclined -- I haven't totally decided, but I'm strongly inclined -- to vote to proceed to the health care debate, even though I don't support the bill that he's bringing together because it's important that we start the debate on health care reform because I want to vote for health care reform this year. But I also told him that if the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill."
- Senator Joe Lieberman
Actually, he's saying he will tryto stop a vote on the bill.
Harry Reid should have never let Lieberman back in the Democratic caucus after he spoke at the Republican Convention and campaigned for McCain. It gives Lieberman credibility and a voice in how the Democrats shape their legislative process. He does not deserve either.
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It's fine to let independents into your caucus, but not when they have spoken at the opposing party's convention and campaigned against your party's presidential candidate!
Reid's action was a craven attempt to get to 60 votes and guess what? It ain't going to work.
Lieberman's strings are pulled by the Connecticut insurance industry (yes, Connecticut, is a leader in insurance and gun manufacturing), so of course he will try to keep any bill that the industry is against from getting a vote.
So now, expel him from the caucus and spend the next three years on a strategy to get a Democrat elected in Connecticut.
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Lieberman's not an 'Independent'; an Independent doesn't always side with one group over another. The only reason the Dems kiss his ass, is because they need his vote to keep a filibuster at bay.
Plus, this clown's already supposed to have floated the idea of running for Prez in 2012 AS A REPUB, so how's that 'Independent'?
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