I've been saying since the Obamacare deal was reached in the Senate that the devil was in the details. Jon Walker over at FDL has a very compelling reason why the public option part of the deal -- the federal insurance plans extended to Americans through the Office of Personnel Management -- should be ringing major alarm bells.
The OPM is not in fact under the auspices of the Senate Health, Environment, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee, which would be great news for Americans if it was. It's under the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee...
...run by Joe F'ckin Lieberman.
Yeah. Let that sink in for a bit. Joe F'ckin Lieberman in charge of regulation and oversight of the public option. Suddenly, I have a hell of a lot more reservations about this deal, to the point where opposition of it from the left isn't as nearly as crazy as it sounded this morning.
We've found the devil in the details, for sure.
Ouch, that sure puts a dent in my optimism. It would probably be too much to ask for Dems to pass that and then immediately dump Lieberman from the committee once the President signs it I suppose?
ReplyDeleteHoly mother of fuck. Yeah, Lieberman needs to be dumped and pronto, or this is going to be horrible.
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