[La Lydia]

The public option as proposed was direct socialized medicine. Lieberman took what I consider to be a principled stand on direct socialized medicine, saying he opposed the public option “because it still creates a whole new federal government entitlement program, for which taxpayers will eventually be on the line.” In that he was correct. The public option was, in essence, single-payer socialized medicine -- the Left's preferred option and goal all along.

What we got instead is indirect socialized medicine. Six of one, half-dozen of the other. Those responsible for this are BO and both houses of a Democrat-controlled Congress.

[cartoonistx]

Joe’s stand against the public option wasn’t nearly as principled as it was self serving. Check the HQ addresses of most major insurance companies in this country. They were his largest campaign contributors!