Since Scott Brown voted for health care reform in Massachusetts maybe

[Tony_FLADEM]

he is more willing to vote for reform than most of us perceive. If there was something that put the states mostly in control what would be his argument for voting against it since he already supported reform.

[Recursion]

1. He mentioned this in the campaign: why should MA pay for Nebraska?

We don't have a great system but it's a better one than the Senate bill, and he got a lot of traction here by saying we shouldn't pay for Nebraska's health care.

[Tony_FLADEM]

4. Because maybe what they come up with at the federal level might be better.

If more people in the country have health insurance it might lower the costs of health care in Massachusetts because of less shifting of costs.

[Recursion]

9. It hasn't here

And anyways, I'm not the one making that argument.

[alsame]

2. He will be in the GOP lockstep the second he's sworn in. They

eat their own, he'd never survive if he voted across party line.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. Kinda ironic for...

...the union-busting party.

"Collective bargaining for me but not for thee."

[alsame]

8. Very true. nt

[OHdem10]

5. I saw a TV shot of Brown saying he would like to each state

have their own plan as Ma has its own plan.

[chelsea0011]

10. Let's be clear about this. Massachusetts had a huge fund of available

money ( I think the number was 600 million) which was all rolled over into the system to start it up. How many states have available funds to start a program?

[Ozymanithrax]

6. Scott Brown will vote for whatever the Republican party tells him to vote for...

So far, they havn't been inclined to vote for Health Care.

[Bluebear]

7. A prominent ad here featured brown saying "I will be the 41st vote, to stop it"

So don't hold your breath.