John Kerry (D-MA) has signed on to passing a public option through reconciliation, along with other Senators. Will Scott Brown???
We should call Scott Brown's office, not just the MA folk, and ask that he support reconciliation for the passage of the public option. Afterall, the healthcare debate affects us all and Mr. Brown was sent to Washington to change the tone, and get things done. LOL
Here is his contact info if you are interested:
617-565-3170 - Boston Office
202-224-4543 - Washington DC Office
ScottBrownMA - Twitter
FYI, Scott Brown supported the 2006 Massachusetts health care reform. And he has stated that he is against the current plan in it's current form. A public option would make the plan different because there is no public option in the Senate bill. And of course there is
this:
In a somewhat paradoxical finding, a plurality of voters who switched to the Republican -- 37 percent -- said that Democrats were not being "hard enough" in challenging Republican policies.
It would be hard to find a clearer indication, it seems, that Tuesday's vote was cast in protest.
The poll also upends the conventional understanding of health care's role in the election. A plurality of people who switched -- 48 -- or didn't vote -- 43 -- said that they opposed the Senate health care bill. But the poll dug deeper and asked people why they opposed it. Among those Brown voters, 23 percent thought it went "too far" -- but 36 percent thought it didn't go far enough and 41 percent said they weren't sure why they opposed it.
Among voters who stayed home and opposed health care, a full 53 percent said they opposed the Senate bill because it didn't go far enough; 39 percent weren't sure and only eight percent thought it went too far.
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