The airwaves are overcome with speculation as to WHY the President continues to hold out hope for bipartisan support for Healthcare Reform. I hate to let the secret out…but, this isn’t about bipartisan support if you expect 25% to 50% of the Republicans in the Senate to vote for Healthcare Legislation with a public option…or, really anything about healthcare in it. However, this is about getting two specific Republican votes. Both are in the Senate representing Maine. Yes…this is all about Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins.
Those two are really the only Republicans who have open, objective minds at all. Really, one wonders why these two haven’t jumped ship and come to the Democratic side anyway. However, those are the two that all of this bipartisan talk is pointed. And, in the end they will be the only Republican votes. Senators Snowe and Collins are acutely aware of the need for healthcare legislation that will address covering all our citizens, eliminate pre-existing conditions, be affordable, and reign in the era of excess by the health insurance companies.
As for the rest…let’s recognize the Barney Frank philosophy, “there no sense in arguing with a dining room table.”
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