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Seven Things Republicans Were For, Before They Were Against Them
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyI happened to be in the room the day John Kerry said he had voted for a war-financing bill before he voted against it. Republicans appropriated the sentence (uttered at a 2004 town hall for veterans in Huntington, West Virginia) and used it to paint Kerry as a flip-flopper. Six years later, it's a better fit for the GOP than it ever was for him. So many Republicans have changed their ideas on so many major issues that it's hard to keep up. With the return of Congress this week, two of those issues – campaign finance disclosure and climate change – could play out in the Senate over ...
Memo to the Left: The Public Health Insurance Option Is Dead, Get Over It
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyAs the climactic votes approach this week on health care, some groups on the left seem more interested in throwing a wrench into the process than putting a landmark law on the books. MoveOn.org is in the latter camp. It is asking its 5 million members to back primary challengers to Democrats who don't support the reform package, and at least one union is sending similar signals. MoveOn also is running an ad featuring Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "Which side of history will you be on?" it asks. The spot starts Tuesday on ...
Opinion: Obama's Health Bill Aims to Win Reluctant Dems
By not in system - AOL News(Feb. 22) -- In an effort to present a united Democratic front ahead of Thursday's bipartisan health care summit, the White House has released a $950 billion proposal bridging the differences between the House and Senate health care bills. But President Obama's plan isn't designed to attract Republican support. The White House is hoping to win over House and Senate Democrats. _____________________ANOTHER VIEWInstead of offering a fresh approach, President Obama's plan offers the same mix of tax hikes, health spending, mandates and regulations that the American public has already rejected, ...
They Call This Insurance?
By Mark Matassa - Politics DailyWhen they called my number at the pharmacy I went to the pick-up window and, on a whim, decided to have some fun with the nervous clerk in the white coat. "Okay," she said, tapping her keyboard. "I see this is a new order. Did they tell you about the co-payment on this?" She had a sick, worried look on her face. "Yes," I said cheerily. "They said it would be 20 bucks." To me this was perversely funny, just to watch the poor woman's face contort as she prepared to give me the bad news. ...
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