Daschle Now Claims He Never Opposed Federal Public Option

The Washington Post:

Tom Daschle was almost the Obama administration's health czar before tax problems foiled his nomination. But in the months since he withdrew from the White House, he's not abandoned health care. This week, he was back in the news: He released a proposal for reform that was co-signed by Bob Dole and Howard Baker, and reports emerged quoting him saying that the public plan option could be sacrificed for the good of health-care reform.

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Comments

[Ohsherri]

I was against it...befor­e I was for it....I ...uh...er

[cubs325]

what a bozo!

[roudy]

Is there no end to this mans depravity?

[Ozarks]

The only thing Daschle thinks of is what is good for the insurance companies that are paying his lobbying firm.

[pam45]

There you go. The man is bought and paid for by the health care industry.

[plages]

Ah yes, cash is the only thing that now works in the world!

[wonketteRAWKS]

Good thing 0's exceptional judgement on Dashle as HHS was sidetracked!

With jusdgement like that we'd be in trouble...­oh wait!

[Ohsherri]

Single payer NOW...or voted out later!

YES WE CAN...vote you out!


Na na na na na na...hey hey hey...gooo­ood-bye!!!­!

[Crissy Patters]

We need to keep up the pressure whenever anyone disses public option. They need to know we're not going to sit back and let them screw us so they can pad their pockets. Great job everybody.­!!

[zlohcuc]

this is great news,if he doesn't oppose it i guess that means he tacitly supports it, Bravo!

[jayhkatz]

Does anybody believe this guy? He just doesn't get it.

[moxieme]

You may as well tell Dole, Baker, and your lobbyists cronies to go on a junket and get over it. Your political career is over if we don't get a public option. Insurance companies don't care if we live or die. They don't care if we have to work to pay medical bills for the rest of our lives from a singe health event. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, its a duck. You can fool some of us all of the time, all of us some of the time, but not all of us all of the time. You boys have outted yourselves. Too late! Stop trying to sully our President!

[JaneaneTheAcerbicGoblin]

Glad to see Daschle backtracking.

He thought he could get away with trashing the public option. He couldn't.

Besides, he gets public health care. So does Baucus, Landrieu, Nelson, etc., etc..

[ErnestineBass]

BINGO...al­ong with a tasty $13,000 a month Senate retirement payment.

I'm in favor of scrapping this whole stinking, rotten D.C. "system" and starting over.

Sanders/Kucinich 2012

[Ohsherri]

You're not jokin.
Democrats are just Moderate Republicans in America.
Shovelling the money into the Military Industry and Corporatio­ns...
no forking questions asked.

[TFlint]

Just because I said what I said doesn't mean I said it.

[theone718]

We will crush ANYONE who isn't for a public option. We don't want you in the discussion if it's obvious you don't care about the American people.

[Ohsherri]

Start the bidding high!
Single Payer NOW....or voted out Later!

[ErnestineBass]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

GIVE ME SINGLE PAYER OR GIVE ME DE.ATH!

(whichever comes first...he­h)

[Topknot]

Those Glasses have got to go man.