Beloved Senate Centrist bails out of health care reform! For reasons exactly as incoherent as you would expect:Snowe (Maine), who was one of three Republicans who backed the $787 billion economic stimulus package, was being lobbied heavily by the White House, and some centrists view...
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To follow up a bit on Rob, I would have to say that I'm if anything a little more in sympathy with Matt's point. At the very least, if one.
JMM:Am I the only one who thinks that if the Dems pass a bill with mandates and subsidies for poor and moderate income people to purchase it but no public.
To make some comments on the conversation between Drum and Yglesias (and Hertzberg):The case for the constitutionality of the filibuster starts from a compelling basis: Article I specifies that "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings." Against this, Kevin makes an argument from...
Ezra objects to my post arguing that it might be better to reject a bill that sells out too much to the Blue Dogs:But it's also worth offering a more.
I think it's pretty obvious that a health care bill with no public option and no employer mandate is worse than no bill at all.