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Why Republicans Should Support Health Care Reform (2009) By Ray LaHood
Chicago Tribune ^ | March 14, 2010 | Ray LaHood

Posted on 03/14/2010 1:25:48 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest

I've been a Republican all my life, when I served in the Illinois legislature, when I worked for members of Congress and when I served in Congress. During the 2008 presidential election, I supported Republican Sen. John McCain. I have always been — and still am — a fiscal conservative, an advocate for a smart, but restrained, government.

For those reasons and others, most people wouldn't expect me to be an advocate for comprehensive health care reform. But the truth is, I believe there is no bigger issue to solve and no better chance to solve it than now.

If I were still a member of Congress, I would proudly vote for the bill that President Barack Obama is championing and I would urge my colleagues to do the same, not because I don't believe in fiscal discipline, but because I do.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial
KEYWORDS: 111th; bhohealthcare; gophealthcare; lahood; obamacare; rinos4obama; rinos4romneycare; romney; romneycare
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1 posted on 03/14/2010 1:25:48 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
I've been a Republican all my life

Can you say RINO?

2 posted on 03/14/2010 1:26:24 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Exactly.. why would anyone listen to this joker.

The media is trumpeting him as “A longtime Republican now supporting Obama Care”

Bull hockey...


3 posted on 03/14/2010 1:27:08 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

SELLOUT!!!!


4 posted on 03/14/2010 1:27:45 PM PDT by Marty62 (former Marty60)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

LaHood needs to stick to smearing and destroying Toyota for his union thug massas. Leave the rest of this stuff to the adults.


5 posted on 03/14/2010 1:28:05 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (A proud American-American since 1949.)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Republicans DO SUPPORT healthcare reform. Republicans just DON’T WANT a government socialized healthcare program.


6 posted on 03/14/2010 1:28:44 PM PDT by taxesareforever (Release Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich and let him and his family get on with their lives.)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Another reminder of how RINOs are worse than liberals. They’re fifth column backstabbers.


7 posted on 03/14/2010 1:30:04 PM PDT by quesney
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To: taxesareforever

Really? how come in the 8 years they ran the place they never passed one simple law on allowing cross state business?


8 posted on 03/14/2010 1:30:15 PM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Ray LaHood needs to be the next RINO to retire.


9 posted on 03/14/2010 1:30:24 PM PDT by TommyDale (Independent - I already left the GOP because they were too liberal)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
I supported Republican Sen. John McCain ...

Stopped reading right there. Immediately disqualifies this putz from speaking anything intelligent or of worth to conservative perspective.

10 posted on 03/14/2010 1:30:37 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Hey Ray, bite my Obama.


11 posted on 03/14/2010 1:30:40 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Ray LaHood can go to hell.


12 posted on 03/14/2010 1:31:12 PM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

NO barf alert?

Ultimate RINO... I wonder if Lindsey Graham will come around and vote for Obamacare for a deal on immigration?


13 posted on 03/14/2010 1:31:51 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: taxesareforever

Republicans DO SUPPORT healthcare reform. Republicans just DON’T WANT a government socialized healthcare program.
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Well stated. But the media, and the radical Dems, will spin anything they can to make the Repubs look like they are anti-healthcare and anti-government.

We just need a real, responsible, pro-American government. Anyone know where we can find one??


14 posted on 03/14/2010 1:32:14 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Bipartisan, or Part of the Chicago ‘Combine’ — Ray LaHood, the Machine’s Man in the Obama Administration
15 posted on 03/14/2010 1:32:17 PM PDT by plsjr (<>< ... http://NewSpring.cc/webservice - check it out!)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
Health care reform is fine...Obamacare is blatantly unconstitutional. To pass Obamacare a congressman or senator will have violated their oath of office and should be subject to a recall/impeachment proceeding.
16 posted on 03/14/2010 1:32:50 PM PDT by highlander_UW (Obama has lost or not saved over 4 million jobs!)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

erved in the Illinois Legislature. Chicago thug

No one ever bel;ieved tht all of Chicago’s crooked politicians were Democrats did they?


17 posted on 03/14/2010 1:33:10 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Thunder90
NO barf alert?

Should have. I don't know how (2009) got put on the title, he just wrote this begging for votes. I'd love to see a Republican step up to this one. Not even Graham or McCain is taking that bait.

18 posted on 03/14/2010 1:34:47 PM PDT by Reaganwuzthebest
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To: Reaganwuzthebest

Ray you are no Republican and no conservative. We are going to purge your worthless hide from power and then kick you out of the party.


19 posted on 03/14/2010 1:34:59 PM PDT by DarthVader (Liberalism is the politics of EVIL whose time of judgment has come.)
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To: Reaganwuzthebest
?????????

who is this marxist turd?

and where is the BARF ALERT???


20 posted on 03/14/2010 1:36:09 PM PDT by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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