This AP story reports that "a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Barack Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage a giant step closer to becoming law". Only one Republican, Olympia Snowe from Maine, voted in favor. The other 9 Republicans in the committee voted against. The headline of the article is "Senate panel OKs middle-of-the-road health plan". Really? Does one person crossing party lines make this a bipartisan plan? Unbelievable.
This bill is so "middle of the road" that a separate AP story says "About 30 unions will run a full-page ad in newspapers Wednesday announcing their opposition to the Senate Finance Committee's health overhaul bill".
I guess the AP decided a bill that is not even supported by a key Democratic constituency and only supported by one Republican is supposed to be praised as an accomplishment.
"Middle of the road" Partisanship?
Posted by
Salty American
on Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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