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The Senate bill, universally despised by the left and the right and likely about to be by those learning about it via any mainstream news channel, will head to conference committee after three cloture votes and one up or down vote. Rather than indulge in criticism, it might be better to think about what key [...]
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Howard Dean is on the campaign trail. He wants to “kill the bill” (a line right out of the teafolks’ protest signs) and use budget reconciliation to revive the public option. Through the furor of the past day I am clearer about the public option. It has very little to do with cost controls and [...]
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Since Harry Reid announced a compromise that includes a triggered public option, the murmurs and shouts have centered around one theme: If there isn’t a public option, costs can’t/won’t be contained. Therefore, the song goes, the ‘sacrifice’ of the public option is a gift to insurers, and a sellout of progressives. Instinctively, that doesn’t feel [...]
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