Looks like Senator Snowe actually gives a shit about Americans. I bet she will be crucified by the GOP and the rightwing blowhards. I think Baucas's bill needs alot of work but at least the healthcare legislation will move to the floor now. Looks like President Obama is one step closer to achieving the once thought unachievable...suck on that righties
It's not the GOP who is currently crucifying her.
Democrats chastise Snowe over health care 'infuence'
Some key quotes:
House Democrats, meanwhile, wasted no time in blasting Snowe's recent influence in the controversial debate.
"This is the United States of America. This is not the United States of Maine," said Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-California. "I mean that one senator cannot hold the entire nation's health care plan hostage."
"The idea that we are going to succumb to the insurance industry's fears and then do a trigger, which means that our constituency -- the American people -- will delay in getting a public option, that's like the house of cards just collapsing on top of us," she said.
I applaud Snowe for keeping the public option on the table, but also giving insurance companies a window to change their tone...which could potentially eliminate the need for a large government run bureaucratic solution.
She is a RINO, but that is reflective of her constituency. Obama needs Snowe engaged so that the Democrats can claim some semblance of bipartisanship.
Republican colleagues, however, have remained mostly silent on Snowe's vote.
You are wrong about the GOP. They are sitting back and letting the far left and moderate Democrats tear one another apart. Why do some Democrats need for their to be a large bureaucratic solution to health care, when a trigger or phased approach is far more cautious, responsible and manageable?