I am glad that Baucus is finally going to release his mark on the health care bill tomorrow or Wednesday. I think we need to save this quote though, for shits and giggles later on.
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus announced Monday that he may unveil his long-awaited health-care bill as soon as Tuesday — and he predicted that Republicans will find plenty to like about it.
The Montana Democrat and his fellow “Gang of Six” Finance Committee negotiators haggled Monday over top Republican concerns, including provisions that would limit medical malpractice cases, bar benefits from reaching illegal immigrants, and block federal funds from subsidizing abortions. The goal from the talks is to win over Sens. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) and Mike Enzi (Wyo.), two conservatives who have remained at the table all summer despite strong opposition from most of their GOP colleagues.
“Senators on and off the committee, their comfort level is starting to come up a bit,” Baucus told reporters during an afternoon break in talks. “I do believe that strongly, and I believe in the end we’ll have some significant bipartisan support.”
I do not believe that. The teabagging nutjobs that the Republicans have whipped into a frenzy are not interested in tweaking this Nazi-inspired idea of expanding health care coverage. And, as far as I can tell, the whole Congress is afraid to do anything disagreeable to the teabaggers.
The only U.S. Senators willing to stick up for ACORN?
Burris (D-IL), Casey (D-PA), Durbin (D-IL), Gillibrand (D-NY), Leahy (D-VT), Sanders (I-VT)
Casey and Gillibrand just went up significantly in my estimation.
