McCain Nudges Obama Toward His Party’s Health Plans (RINOcare rising from the ashes of Obamacare?)

The New York Times ^ | 2010-01-25 | Joseph Berger

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In the wake of a political setback for national health care legislation, Senator John McCain, the losing candidate in the last presidential election, advised his victorious 2008 adversary on Sunday that the way to get meaningful changes passed is to “start from the beginning” by meeting with Republicans.

Mr. McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said on the CBS news program “Face the Nation” that President Obama should sit down with Republican leaders and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nation’s health care system such as overhauling medical malpractice lawsuits, allowing residents of one state to buy health insurance from a company in another state, and granting tax credits for people who purchase health insurance on their own.

The Democrats last week lost a Senate seat in Massachusetts that had given them the 60 votes needed to block a Republican filibuster of a health care bill that appeared on the verge of passage by both houses. Mr. McCain was asked what would Republicans do in response.

“We’d be willing to sit down and start over from the beginning with genuine negotiations,” he replied. “There are things we can agree on.”

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“We’d be willing to sit down and start over from the beginning with genuine negotiations,” he replied. “There are things we can agree on.”

FU JM!

J.D. HAYWORTH '10

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[svcw]

Good god almighty..........JM has got to go!

[Frantzie]

Juan McCain is a POS. Trying to save Obama. The stooge who took a dive for Soros to had the prize to the Kenyan.

[Califreak]

How many of us would like to give McCain a real hard nudge?

[FrdmLvr]

Sarah, bail on this RINO now!

[livius]

Would McCain please go away? I know it’s not permitted to pray for someone’s demise, but I really hope that maybe God would incapacitate him for awhile...

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[Jim Robinson]

John McCain reaching across the aisle means only one thing. We the people are due for another screwing.

Please retire this feeble old fart.

[mazda77]

How about a million of little ones all the way from DC to Sedona?

[blueyon]

I take it JM does not understand that the evil backers of Obamacare will take anything at this point, and once it is law, change it from there to exactly what they want.
It will be easy for Obama to do.

[flintsilver7]

"...and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nation’s health care system such as overhauling medical malpractice lawsuits, allowing residents of one state to buy health insurance from a company in another state, and granting tax credits for people who purchase health insurance on their own."

These are all good ideas. They are conservative ideas that will most definitely save money. If this is indeed what John McCain wants Obama to move towards, that's good. On the other hand, there's no way he would adopt any of those, so it's really a moot point.

[bilhosty]

If he can keep it alive so we can continue to use it against the donks then that would be to our advantage. We just want toamke sure it does not get passed. But, I will accept the idea of Insurance exchanges so long as it does not come with anything else.

[Solitar]

RINOcare could push Sarah and lots of conservative democrats, republicans, and libertarians into a winning TEA PARTY.

[catnipman]

Tons of Pubs are making bipartisan noises. This is all a ploy. It gives them the change to talk the talk without having to walk the walk, because there’s no way in hell the Dims are going to do anything at all in a bipartisan fashion.

When the Dims continue to do their closed-door thing, the Pubs will shrug their shoulders and say “We tried. We aren’t the bad guys, they are. We offered to work with them and they still tried to govern in secret. Tsk, tsk, tsk.”

[Jagdgewehr]

Unbelievable. There is nothing more oblivious than a DC politician.

[Kimmers]

I want McCain to go away and take his wife and daughter with him.....

[mdittmar]

McCain,time to go home!

[Will88]

Mr. McCain, a Republican from Arizona, said on the CBS news program “Face the Nation” that President Obama should sit down with Republican leaders and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nation’s health care system...

Once again, the backstabbing RINO Juan takes advantage of his seemingly unlimited access to the Sunday morning shows. And those shows will not pass up a chance to let Juan come in and undermine the Republican party.

Business as usual. As J. D. said, "It's time for him to come home".

[Diogenesis]

"Let's help Obama again by screwing Americans, like him."

"A political party cannot be all things to all people.
It must represent certain fundamental beliefs
 which must not be compromised to political expediency
or simply to swell its numbers."
--  President Ronald Reagan

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
 over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
 to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""
--  President Ronald Reagan