Lieberman just voted w/ 'pukes on amendment on health insurance regulation.

[clear eye]

Sen. Lincoln put up an amendment to stop the exclusion of executive compensation from being included as part of earnings for the purpose of formulae about % of earinings that have to be spent on actual coverage. The voting was going along straight party lines. Lieberman threw in w/ the Republicans.

Do you think there is any reason to consider him as caucusing w/ Dems, and keeping his committee chairmanships?

[dkf]

1. He is bought and paid for by insurance execs.

He is their bitch and we shouldn't expect otherwise.

[alfredo]

2. How did the vote go?

[clear eye]

4. From the Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6756206.html

While negotiations continued behind the scenes, the Senate rejected a Lincoln-sponsored amendment to limit the tax deductions insurance companies take for what they pay their top executives. The vote was 56-42 on a measure that needed 60 votes.

As ususal, the MSM doesn't explain that the only reason the measure couldn't pass w/ 51 votes was b/c the Republicans have no compunctions about filibustering every single measure they disagree with. In the past, when it was Democrats who occasionally threatened a filibuster they were described as "delaying" or "blocking" legislation each time.

Sorry I seem to have misunderstood what the exclusion of the executive compensation was for. Anyhow it's outrageous that it failed.

There's a lot of interesting info in the article so I'm going to post it in LBN.

[alfredo]

6. Thanks. The gang of four again?

[Lerkfish]

3. In other news, water is wet.

[Cleita]

5. Yep, he's getting more and more brazen in his turncoat ways.

Time for Harry to give Joe a big slap down. Someone needs to brand PROPERTY OF AETNA on his ass.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. If health care fails because of him his chairmanships MUST go away..

I understand the need to bribe that _____ with anything he will take as payment, but if he doesn't put out then you need to take your payment back.