I’m so impressed - NOT.
Snowe could have voted no in committee and kept this monster from ever affecting our lives.
Yes now that the ‘rats appear to have their 60 votes without the Maine womyn, they are free to vote NO and get their precious socialized medicine anyway. BFD.
I’m so impressed - NOT.
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Snowe could have voted no in committee and kept this monster from ever affecting our lives.
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BINGO!
If Snowe had voted no in committee what would have happened? Could she have kept it from coming to the floor for debate?
Exactly. They could have stopped this from getting this far.
But they chose not to. If they vote no now, doesn’t matter. Only because of them it got this far to start with. We will not forget.
Does anybody EVER read other threads or bother to remain abreast of the facts?
First, I have reported for two weeks that Snowe and Collins would vote NO on cloture and on final passage.
Second, Snowe told McConnell that she would NOT be Reid’s 60th vote, even if the bill improved.
Third, we have learned that a RINO is still better than a Blue Dog.
Fourth, Snowe’s vote in Finance Committee had no bearing whatsoever on advancing the bill. Baucus did not need her vote to get it thru committee. That is a fact.
Fifth, it is critical that Snowe and Collins vote NO on this monstrosity, because that means the RATS will not have the patina of bipartisanship AND the RATS will OWN the disaster. Every RAT will be featured as the critical deciding vote in both 2010 and 2012.
There is much to criticize Snowe and Collins over the years. This is not one of those occasions.
Actually they are both angry at themselves for not allowing themselves to be bought before Ben Nelson was. Now they are worthless tot he Rats and will get nothing.
They are getting cover on this vote because the democrats supposedly have enough votes without them.
But as you and others point out, when the democrats needed a vote to get this out of committee Snowe was there for them.
What would she do if they really needed her vote tonight?
There is no doubt in my mind that both Snowe and Collins could be bought off.
Agreed. Snowe already did her devil’s work. Neither have anything left to gain by supporting this going forward.
Yep. Amazing that we have to encourage people, much less appluad them, for not trading their liberty and ours for tyranny anyway.
They don’t have to vote “yes”. The 60 is there so they can safely vote “no”. I wonder what they’d do if Leiberman switched. Not that that would ever happen.