What happened to all the Dems who said they "won't vote for a bill unless it has a public option?"

[garybeck]

I thought this was our "ace in the hole."



Sen. Rockefeller Won’t Vote for Any Bill Lacking a Public Option
http://healthcarehorserace.com/activism/09162009/sen-rockefeller-wont-vote-for-any-bill-lacking-a-public-option/

Nancy Pelosi: No public option, no bill
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26742.html

Weiner: “I Don’t See Any Way” I Can Vote For Bill Without Public Option
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/president-obama/weiner-i-dont-see-any-way-i-can-vote-for-bill-without-public-option/

Keith Ellison: Will Not Vote For Healthcare Bill Without a Strong Public Option
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uc_kSlppgE

Sen. Feingold: Won't Support Health Care Bill Without Public Option
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/8/18/135446/683

John Conyers Won't Vote For a Bill Without a Public Option
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/john-conyers-wont-vote-bill-without-public#comment-1277993

The bill that he will sign "will have a public option in it,” Harkin says.
http://www.radioiowa.com/2009/10/01/senator-harkin-says-public-option-will-be-in-healthcare-reform-bill/

60 Members of Congress Say “No Public Plan, No Conference”
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/08/17/60-members-of-congress-say-no-public-plan-no-conference/

Liberals say bill without public option won't pass
http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/08/bill-without-public-option-wont-pass/


by the way I found these links in about 5 minutes on Google. There are lots more. Very sad.

[gateley]

1. $$$$$ ? Always my first assumption. nt

[Fire1]

3. Mine too! n/t

[City Lights]

13. Yup. nt

[DJ13]

2. Thats not fair

Americans arent supposed to have a memory that exceeds the next news cycle.

Now go to your room and watch 10 hours of reality TV to make amends.

[tekisui]

4. Why don't you understand compromise!?!@?@??!?

Don't you know how it worKSS!>>??:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :silly:

[Skidmore]

5. Lieberman went

"Boo!" and skeered 'em. And he threatened to turn Collins and Snow loose on 'em.

[pampango]

6. Some of those are in the House who are not involved in the Senate deliberations.

We will see whether they live up to their commitments or not if this reaches a conference committee.

[garybeck]

8. Rockefeller?

According to the video I just watched with Dean on ABC last night, Rockefeller is on board with the bill, even tho there is no public option. This directly contradicts his promise. Some of the others on the list are Senators... Conyers!?!? And the list is not complete. I just googled for 5 minutes to come up with it. I'm sure there's more.

[David Zephyr]

7. Tom Harkin last night sheepishly said he was going to vote for this bill.

When asked could he foresee working on bringing a public option to it next year, he replied that there were too many things on the Senate's plate over the next few years to do that.

Sell out.

I used to really like Tom Harkin.

[garybeck]

9. Fucking hypcrite. n/t

[Cetacea]

11. Yeah. I knew it was really over when I saw that.

[David Zephyr]

14. You saw that, too? My jaw dropped. My heart sank like a stone.

We were sold out from the beginning.

Senator Feingold said it today: don't blame Lieberman, this is the bill that Obama wanted from the beginning.

[gateley]

15. Whoa -- I hadn't heard that Feingold statement. nt

[David Zephyr]

18. Yeah, I said that two night ago here and almost lost my head.

Feingold is terrific.

I wish he was in the White House.

[gateley]

20. Yeah, when I read that I was thinking of the DUers who had expressed similar

sentiments getting piled on and shredded here, but you can't just blow off something like that from Feingold.

I'd be fine with him in the WH, too. :hi:

[MNDemNY]

10. They are following the "yellow brick "road!

[closeupready]

12. Lack of leadership, holding them accountable to their previous promises.

Ultimately, Obama didn't really want either single payer or a public option.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. There hasn't been a vote in the Senate? The House version passed with a Public Option.

[Kitsune]

17. By and large, Democrats are just as corrupt as Republicans. They're part of the problem.

[Obamanaut]

19. They lost track of which face they were using when they first spoke. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

21. Apparently Lieberman is one of the few members of Congress with a spine

He's not using if for good purposes, but he clearly isn't afraid of the political consequences of his actions.

[madfloridian]

22. Maybe they thought there would be leadership standing behind them.

Maybe they trusted their party leaders to do the right thing for the people and not for the insurance companies.

Maybe they got pressure they could not say no to.

[OhioChick]

23. Money talks. n/t

[lame54]

24. Hold on to that list - I have a feeling you will be re-posting it

[garybeck]

25. when and why?

btw, i created the list in about 5 minutes with google. i'm sure there are more to add.

[lame54]

26. after they all vote yes on this crappy bill

[Enrique]

27. I predict they'll cave

Obama called their bluff.