Holy Moly! I may have been wro…..wro……mistaken when I said in past posts that the public option was near dead in the Congress and I predicted that it would not be part of any bill that is sent to the prez……it is beginning to appear that I could be mistaken….
I was trying to remain silent on the whole health reform thing until iot was closer to a final count….but as hard as I tried..I could not do it…..
I guess I can thank the CBO for its latest report…it is on the costs of the House Health Reform Bill…..it stated three things that jumped out at me:
1–it would cost less than the $900 billion predicted
2–it would reduce the deficit over 10 years
3–it would cover a great portion of the uninsured in the US
Now this is good news…..those three items were a sticking point for the Blue Dogs and now they can shut the hell up and support the bill like they should have from the beginning….News has come out as I am writing that the House has a commitment for the 218 votes the Dems need,,,,another piece of good news….
Okay the Baucus bill was a good report from the CBO and now they gave a favorable report to the House bill with a robust public option…if this does not get the ball moving then I worry that the Dems are beyond help….
It will be fascinating to see what the Repubs will do now……the CBO report in both cases shot a hole in their arguments the size of a football field….about the only thing they will have left is the trivial BS of the misinformation offensive of the summer.
Hey, we need to lay off the Democrats. I’m sure if they don’t pass it now, they’ll make promises to do it during the next campaign season 🙂
Great thought! Maybe that’s what they’re waiting for – it was a great card to play this time around, maybe they want to hang on to it for the next election??
Uh huh…that is standard operating procedure…..
And there is my point….we have been promised many things in the “next” campaign and so far we are sucking that elusive boobie…..eventually the American people will have to get involved beyond the ballot box….but I ask if they are smart enough to handle the job?