Finally: Why Lieberman opposes healthcare - Revenge for 2006

[LynneSin]

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

The Senate Democrats have agreed to kill the expansion of Medicare to 55-year-olds to please Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), although Lieberman still hasn't said he will vote for cloture on the bill as he has additional demands. Lieberman does not really have any policy objection to expanding Medicare. He ran for Vice President in 2000 on a platform promising this and as recently as three months ago argued for doing this. The only reasonable conclusion is to assume that he is threatening to filibuster the health-insurance bill simply to punish liberals who opposed him in his 2006 primary against Ned Lamont. By denying liberals something they really wanted and giving them nothing in return, he made it clear that he is a force to be reckoned with.

It is very unlikely he will be punished by his caucus because they will need his vote in the future as well and on some issues, he is arguably progressive. For example, his committee is about to pass a bill that would extend marriage benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees, something that many people who despise his stand on health care actively want. He has also taken a fairly progressive stand on climate change.

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Honestly, this makes sense

[bluestateguy]

1. Yeah! He's sure sticking it to Ned Lamont and the libs now!!!

An election that HE WON three damn years ago, and yet he still feels the need for revenge, and the only people who are hurt are uninsured Americans. Not Ned Lamont (he's got lots of money), not Markos Moulitsas, not Firedoglake, or Keith Olbermann or Ed Schultz.

[Gold Metal Flake]

2. J-Lie is the symptom, not the disease.

He was placed into this position and given the power.

[NJmaverick]

3. He is our Frankenstien's Monster

when we tried to get rid of him and failed we ended up creating a monster.

[notadmblnd]

4. such small, petty people playing games with real people's lives

:puke: