Group gathers to urge Sen. Bayh to make stand for public option

[and-justice-for-all]

I was there for this rally, real shitty day but people showed up.

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By Brian M. Boyce
The Tribune-Star

TERRE HAUTE — Despite a cold, shellacking rain, nine public option supporters tried to light candles in support of health care reform on the Vigo County Courthouse steps Tuesday evening.

“Without health insurance, we’re all just one medical bill away from bankruptcy,” MoveOn.org organizer Michael Myers told supporters huddled beneath the concrete awning on the east side of the courthouse. The community organizer joked earlier in the vigil that he hoped the group didn’t become a health care statistic due to standing outside in the cold rain.

Members of the grassroots political action group staged 200 vigils across the country Tuesday, five of which were in Indiana, aimed at moving Democrat Sen. Evan Bayh off what Myers termed “the fence” regarding a public option in proposed health care legislation.

“What we really need them to do is commit to one side or the other,” he said, adding that if health care reform goes through without a public option, it’s “just a windfall profit for the insurance companies.”

The legislation is shape-shifting through the House of Representatives and Senate, he said. But if the law requires citizens to purchase insurance and no publicly owned alternative to the private sector exists, they’ll either have to buy it or be in violation.

More: http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_342232049.html

[Clio the Leo]

1. As much negative as we can say about the Teabaggers....

.... there is no denying they have out-demonstrated us.

We propped our feet up on November the 5th and haven't gotten up sense.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. It was a shitty day here, the weather was bloody terrible...nt

[IndianaGreen]

2. Evan Bayh supported Ben Nelson's version of Stupak amendment

He might as well declare himself a Republican, because that's exactly what this POS is.