Via last night's Rachel Maddow Show, here's McCain defending Lieberman after being blocked by...
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Senate Reaches Agreement with Nelson
It looks like the Senate has 60 votes without going to Olympia Snowe. I have no idea what the...
Fighting Words
President Obama is pissed. From his weekly address: Simply put, the protections currently included...
Eff You, Ron Brownstein
Greg Sargent rips into Ron Brownstein's ridiculous assumptions about kill-billers: Brownstein...
Get Ready for Canadian Drugs
Susie Madrak has some great news on the Canadian reimportation issue -- directly from the White...
Cut Nelson Loose
Ben Nelson clearly smells blood in the water and is now overreaching. Jed Lewison reports: Nelson...
Shrill the Bill
Paul Krugman explains the agonizing process of supporting the bill and seriously disputes the...
Medicare and Reconciliation
Cenk wants a Medicare buy-in for everyone passed via reconciliation: But here is a radical new idea...
Angry People All Around!
So I've had a chance to make some cursory rounds through the tubes and people are still really...
Evil Mandates, Part 2
I think I should clarify that I've never been a huge fan of mandates. In fact, I wrote a pretty...
Evil Mandates
Mandates are suddenly the devil. Even the progressive movement's favorite presidential candidate in...
Howard Dean's 2004 Healthcare Plan
Dean's 2004 plan was solid, but the following two provisions sound like the Senate bill: Establish...
Preexisting Conditions
I'm watching Wendell Potter on Countdown. He and Keith, who have both been heroes in this fight...
Reform vs. Not Reform
Steve Benen makes an uncomfortably good point here: What's more, let's not forget that the existing...
Take that Deal
As difficult as it's been to stomach the compromising and Liebercrat wankery, I simply can't...
No Second Chances
For the last eight years, we've taken pride in our ability to embrace objective reality, as opposed...
It's Not Just the Bill that Will Die
Kevin Drum: If healthcare reform dies this year, it dies for a good long time. Say what you will...
Messin' with Lieberman
BooMan has a great idea for dealing with Joe Lieberman. Maybe we should find out how Lieberman...
Channeling the Outrage
The more I've been thinking about the events of the last 36 hours, the more I'm convinced that...
Loose Lips
Lieberman only opposed the Medicare buy-in after he heard Congressman Weiner praising it. And he...