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To: RetiredNow who wrote (544247)	1/16/2010 12:49:39 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575425

No. It's a watered down mess, because the Dems didn't have the backbone to do what they were elected to do. The Dems have 60 votes in the Senate and a large majority in the House and a Dem President. They just lack cojones. It's a shameful squandering of the public trust. I think the dems can be faulted for trying to get bipartisan support for health care reform; that it was a non starter from the very beginning. Beyond that, in my experience, what you say doesn't reflect the reality of trying to get 400 people onto the same page.

To: RetiredNow who wrote (544247)	1/17/2010 11:15:09 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1575425

Here's one of the dem idiots that deserves to lose his job. Al ------------------------------------------------------------- Ben Nelson Asks Senate Leaders To Delete Nebraska Medicaid Deal From Final Health Care Bill \| 01/15/10 03:47 PM \| AP WASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is asking Senate leaders to eliminate a controversial Medicaid deal for his state in the health care bill. The moderate Democrat, who provided the crucial 60th vote for the Senate health care bill, has been criticized because Nebraska was exempted paying any cost of a proposed expansion of Medicaid. All other states would have to pick up a portion of the tab after the first few years. Nelson's been arguing ever since that he never wanted a special deal for Nebraska and that he wants all states protected from burdensome new costs. That didn't quiet the controversy so Nelson took it one step further on Friday and asked for the deal to be withdrawn and replaced with a provision treating all states equally.