• FIash Mob #5678@beehaw.org
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    2 months ago

    which he wanted

    Correction: He said he wanted it, but based on his actions, those words were just the usual empty politicking we’ve come to expect.

    • Chloyster [she/her]@beehaw.org
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      2 months ago

      I mean I suppose you can look at it that way. We can’t really prove one way or another what he actually wanted. But if we’re basing what he wanted on his actions, I don’t see how you can pin that one on him. Like he tried to get a public option, the president can’t just make universal healthcare. It needs to pass the house and Senate.

      Idk about the others in your original comment and I won’t pretend to, but it’s pretty well documented that he would not have been able to get even a public option. How would he have been able to get universal healthcare if he couldn’t even do this?

      http://www.politico.com/story/2009/10/lieberman-ill-block-vote-on-reid-plan-028788