Interesting insight from a commenter on the Democrats that have sold out to big insurance:
"We need to let Reid know that we're expecting that any Dem who votes against cloture will be stripped of his or her leadership positions in committee and of any and all perquisites that can possibly be stripped. If these Republicrats want to vote against the bill on the floor because it has a public option, fine. If they want to stand on the wrong side of history, that's their prerogative - my guess is they won't.
But they view voting against cloture as their ace in the hole to stop a public option and not have to take a shameful stand against it with a direct vote against a bill. It's a stealth maneuver aided and abetted by the media who refuse to explain this clearly. So we cannot let a handful of turncoat Republicrats stand in the way of 200 million Americans. It's not 40 Republicans standing in the way, it's about five or six Democrats. Seriously.We need to let Reid know that enforcing the tradition of block voting procedural votes must be enforced with consequences they wouldn't want to endure. No mercy.
And let Obama know that if Reid cannot or will not enforce this tradition, Obama the party leader needs to start a movement to to oust Reid from his Senate leadership position for malfeasance.It's time to start knocking some heads together. This kumbaya nonsense doesn't fly. We are at a decisive moment and victory is clearly within our grasp."
Posted by: trippin
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