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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:22 PM Original message |
Senator McCaskill (D-Missouri) qualifies her support for a health care public option |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Okay, well, if I recall correctly, this is an advance from her prior position, which was no P.O. at |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't remember reading that and if it happened I think many DU'ers would have posted about it |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. "...any government plan must make sure private companies can compete." |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They really don't want public insurance to compete effectively with private insurance |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Funny, isn't it? |
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blue_onyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. I think.... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. "In other words, she favors a weak public option" It could be that. It could also be... |
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Moostache (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
6. Looks like I will be voting for a new senator then... |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is what we really have to worr y about - the public option is so ill defined |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is a pretty non-specific statement and you imply more from it than she has stated |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. You're right! That's what the doctor ordered! Non-specific vague statements on health care .... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well then, lets point the wind in the right direction |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. And the obvious question is "what kind of public option" |
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burning rain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
12. She could support a robust public option & win her next election just fine. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Which is why I think she will ultimately be for it |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You're probably right, but, the insurance industry and drug cartel have a lot of power in Congress |
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Cass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
17. Insurance companies have chosen a path of unsustainability for themselves. |
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