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Reply #29: His concessions have been to Democrats to keep the caucus together [View All]

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Recursion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-05-10 05:37 AM
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29. His concessions have been to Democrats to keep the caucus together
Take health care reform. He did not concede to a single GOP issue. Republicans wanted medical savings accounts; didn't happen. Republicans wanted tort reform; didn't happen. Republicans wanted pricing transparency; didn't happen. What he did do was concede to blue dogs (and arithmetic) that we couldn't keep the bill deficit-neutral with an public option (unless its premiums were so high that it would be pointless). He did that so that Democrats would vote for it; he didn't even address any of the Republicans' concerns.

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