Sen.Trent Lott (R) Casts Key Vote to Save Medicare Bill He Opposes

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA41928FND.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - Cast aside as leader by his colleagues, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., was the man Republicans needed Monday to clear the path to approving the Medicare prescription drug bill that he opposes.

At stake was not just the $395 billion bill, which Democrats were attempting to halt with procedural roadblocks, but also the political prestige of Lott's successor as Republican leader, Tennessee surgeon Bill Frist.

Lott was forced to give up his leadership position in December after touching off a political controversy when he lauded Sen. Strom Thurmond's pro-segregationist presidential run of 1948.

Lott called the bill "terrible," an extravagance in a time of budget deficits, and left no doubt he would vote against it.

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[girl gone mad]

1. Typical.

going by the freeper comments I've read recently, I'm not surprised. They were really thrilled that the bill passed, even though half of them are opposed to it. They are more than happy to sacrifice their basic principles just to hand the Dems a "defeat". Really revolting stuff.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

3. Actually, the GOP has been trying to kill Medicare and Social Security...

...for quite some time.

Magicians are successful because they use misdirection to lure the eyes away from what's really going on. The GOP had a few of their folks claim "woe is me" while they got the bill passed that will eventually kill Medicare.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

12. Yah-up.

That sums it up nicely.

[Old and In the Way]

8. Here's what we do......

find some freepers, hand them guns with a bullet in the chamber. Tell them if they put the gun to their heads and pull the trigger, it will kill them.

I'm pretty sure they'll proceed to blow themselves away just to prove to us they could.

[JaySherman]

11. Better yet...

Have them wound themselves. Then see how they like their medical bills when they have no insurance and no medicare coverage. :evilgrin:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. Trott never met a deal he didn't like...especially if it means money....

...in his pockets.

"Opposed"? Yeah, sure. He's just pandering for the senior vote in Mississippi.

[Mel]

4. If I was Lott

yuck! heaven forbid but if I was I wouldn't of voted for it.

First, of all it's a bad bill.

Second, it would be poetic justice seeing as his party stab him in the back so *Bush could have Frist in the Majority postion so they could dictate to him what they want done.

Also, think about it, Frist's Company got off pretty easy when it came to his company stealing from medicare. So, is the public going to put this all together? Just how much of this are they going to take? This is so corrupt from so many angles!!? I think this is going to backfire on the republicans!...Course, we've thought that before haven't we?

Note to Lott, You where a fool to sell out for these crooks! Your not only a biggot but your a sell out.....Course, he could of been worried about how anthrax got mailed to Democrats and he didn't want any part of that happening to him.

[Sean Reynolds]

5. See Republicans STICK TOGETHER!

Democrats do not.

Real strong party we've got here.

[meisje]

6. Exactly, Repubs work as one

Dems do not, quite sad

[Fovea]

10. The Repugs just entered a solumn pact

to stand on the platform together and pee on the third rail.
That kind of unity is not a good thing.

[leesa]

9. You admire the lemmings marching in lockstep??? Whatever for?

They stick together no matter how unethical, how horrendous, how evil tha plan and you admire that?? I prefer thinkers myself.

[54anickel]

7. This bill should come back to bite anyone that voted for it, Dem and Repug

Most seniors were against it. The Dems MUST continue to keep this time bomb in the lime light. The worst of it won't hit until 2006, and they need to keep the constituency aware of it, and who voted for it.
Remember that catastrophic coverage that was passed years ago? It was also a terrible bill for seniors and the nect congress ended up repealing the entire bill.
Dems can't let this one die and they must use it to their benefit. Forget AARP and their polls, look at the general population polls.

[0007]

13. JOhn Ensign R-Nevada is going to vote against the bill