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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
Posted on 01/24/2010 2:13:52 PM PST by rabscuttle385
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 nations 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.
Wed 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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Wed 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
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:14:27 PM PST
by
gibtx2
(keep up the good work I am out of work but post 20 a month to this out of WF Check)
To: rabscuttle385
Good god almighty..........JM has got to go!
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:15:22 PM PST
by
svcw
(Ellie and Mark come out come out where ever you are.....)
To: rabscuttle385
Juan McCain is a POS. Trying to save Obama. The stooge who took a dive for Soros to had the prize to the Kenyan.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:16:04 PM PST
by
Frantzie
(TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
To: rabscuttle385
How many of us would like to give McCain a real hard nudge?
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:16:12 PM PST
by
Califreak
(Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver.)
To: rabscuttle385
Sarah, bail on this RINO now!
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:41 PM PST
by
FrdmLvr
("The people will believe what the media tells them they believe." Orwell)
To: rabscuttle385
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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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:43 PM PST
by
livius
To: lmarie373; Abundy; missanne; Victoria Delsoul; 50mm; stockpirate; Eaker; ducdriver; ChrisInAR; ...
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:47 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
To: rabscuttle385
John McCain reaching across the aisle means only one thing. We the people are due for another screwing.
Please retire this feeble old fart.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:17:51 PM PST
by
Jim Robinson
(Join the TEA Party Rebellion!! May God and TEA save the Republic!!)
To: Califreak
How about a million of little ones all the way from DC to Sedona?
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:19:54 PM PST
by
mazda77
(Rubio for US Senate - West FL22nd - Dockery for Gov. - JD Hayworth - US Senate)
To: rabscuttle385
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.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:19:57 PM PST
by
blueyon
(The U. S. Constitution - Read it and weep)
To: rabscuttle385
"...and begin adopting some of their ideas for improving the nations 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.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:20:04 PM PST
by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: rabscuttle385
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.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:20:09 PM PST
by
bilhosty
(Don' t tax people tax newsprint)
To: FrdmLvr
RINOcare could push Sarah and lots of conservative democrats, republicans, and libertarians into a winning TEA PARTY.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:20:35 PM PST
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
To: rabscuttle385
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.”
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:21:24 PM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff)
To: rabscuttle385
Unbelievable. There is nothing more oblivious than a DC politician.
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:23:31 PM PST
by
Jagdgewehr
(Okay, California....Massachusetts did it....what about you?)
To: rabscuttle385
I want McCain to go away and take his wife and daughter with him.....
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:24:21 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(Be the kind of person when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says, Oh crap, she's awake)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:25:04 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free (http://teapartypatriots.org)
To: rabscuttle385
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 nations 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".
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:25:28 PM PST
by
Will88
To: rabscuttle385
"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
wouldnt make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan
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posted on
01/24/2010 2:25:39 PM PST
by
Diogenesis
("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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