The only people fooled are those who want to be fooled.
They did not “fool” anyone. They manufactured a campaign lie for the Blue Dogs. Now in 2010 they will run around their conservative districts screaming how they “voted pro life” and cover up the fact the amendment will never be included in the final bill
I take it back. They did fool you.
This was going to pass with, or with out, the Amendment. Enough of the Blue Dogs were going to vote for the main bill no matter what happened to the Amendment.
IF the GOP opposed the Amendment, the Blue Dogs run around campaigning in 2010 saying "we tried but the mean old GOP killed the Pro life amendment".
If the Amendment Passes, they vote for it, knowing it is meaningless and now campaign on "we got the pro Life Amendment put in the health care bill.
Politically there was no way for the GOP to win on this one.
Taxpayer funded abortion will be re-inserted in the final legislation. Since when did congress mind doing something illegal? Most of their legislation is un-Constitutional anyway.
The real problem with socialized medicine is not the abortion provision anyway. It is the $1.2 trillion cost which will come in the form of higher taxes, cuts to Social Security retirement and disability benefits and cuts to Medicare.
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