The spite of a deeply immoral senator

[kpete]

Lieberman's Vanity

15 Dec 2009 04:16 pm
This is a great catch by HuffPo. Here's Joe Lieberman on his opposition to the Buy-In:

...in the interview, Mr. Lieberman said that he grew apprehensive when a formal proposal began to take shape. He said he worried that the program would lead to financial trouble and contribute to the instability of the existing Medicare program.

And he said he was particularly troubled by the overly enthusiastic reaction to the proposal by some liberals, including Representative Anthony Weiner, Democrat of New York, who champions a fully government-run health care system.

"Congressman Weiner made a comment that Medicare-buy in is better than a public option, it's the beginning of a road to single-payer," Mr. Lieberman said. "Jacob Hacker, who's a Yale professor who is actually the man who created the public option, said, 'This is a dream. This is better than a public option. This is a giant step.'"

This a deeply immoral statement. Joe Lieberman is a divorced Dad refusing to pay for private school, in part, because it might please his ex-wife.

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/12/liebermans_vanity.php
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/12/16/814849/-The-spite-of-a-deeply-immoral-senator

[sui generis]

1. Joe Lieberman: what did HE offer to compromise on? Nothing.

Obama, Reid, this is not how you manage a compromise.