Lieberman Backs GOP Filibuster of Public Option

Posted by highlysuspect on October 29, 2009 in politics | ∞

Sen. Joe Lieberman says he will back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid�s healthcare reform bill because of its inclusion of a �public option� � a devastating blow to the Obama administration�s hopes of unified Democratic support for a healthcare bill with a government-run insurance program

The Connecticut Democrat, who is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, told Politico he opposes any healthcare bill that includes the public option � even if it includes a provision allowing states to opt out of the program, as Reid�s has said the Senate bill will.

“We’re trying to do too much at once,” Lieberman told Politco. �To put this government-created insurance company on top of everything else is just asking for trouble for the taxpayers, for the premium payers and for the national debt. I don�t think we need it now.”

Lieberman Backs GOP Filibuster of Public Option.

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