Reply #106: I'm at the point where I'd welcome a filibuster that would shoot this bill down in flames

[Rozlee]

and send the Repubs back to face their constituents, many like those in LIEberman's state of Connecticut, who support the PO by over 60%. If it gets more liberal Democrats elected or any Democrat who promises a robust PO or single-payer, it would be worth it. Polls say even among Republicans, a slight majority supports HCR. I may be painting a wishful scenario, but I'm so deeply disappointed by this. My son and his family are uninsured and my daughter-in-law has terrible problems with diabetes and blood clots in her leg that almost caused amputation at one point. And it would all have been avoided if she'd had regular doctor's office visits and check-ups, but as usual, with no insurance, things got to the point where she wound up in an ER with sepsis and almost died, and developed gangrene in her leg to boot. I'd rather have no PO than have one that pays the lion's share to the middleman, the insurance companies. Because once that happens, it'll be almost impossible to untrench them.