http://www.laborradio.org/node/11575Could Republican Senator Olympia Snowe being coming to the Democratic side of the aisle on the public option? Jesse Russell reports:
This weekend a rally was held in Portland, Maine calling for healthcare reform. While Republican Senator Olympia Snowe couldn’t appear at the rally she sent a Cheryl Leaman to read a statement to the crowd. In the statement Snowe indicated that she sees a public option as an integral part of healthcare reform. Leaman read Snowe’s statement:
: “…we can all agree that we must not leave universal access to chance. That is why I also support a public plan which must be available from day one.”
In her statement Snowe vowed to move “heaven and Earth” to make healthcare for all a reality.
: “I urge all of you here today to join me in partnership to secure for our nation that which every other developed nation already embraces, the provision of health security for all of its' citizens.”