Sen Joe Lieberman Sucks

If there was anyone who deserves to be taken out to the woodshed it is Joe Lieberman. From Politico:

"Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill. "

Tell me again why we didn't kick this joker out of his committee positions?

Olympia Snowe Votes For Health Care

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe really stood in the face of her party and recognized how big today's health care vote is by voting in favor of the Baucus bill. She was also heavily courted by Obama to vote for the bill. Why? From what I have been reading, it will hopefully cause conservative dem senators to vote for it as well. Meaning, this will probably be the backbone of the main bill that makes it to Obama's desk.

Some of Olympia's quotes:

"When history calls, history calls."

but: "My vote today, is my vote today. It doesn't forecast what it will be tomorrow."

So will she be in the final floor vote? Probably not.

A Flury of Health Care Activity

First, the House Committees working up the health care bill finished and a vote is planned sometime soon. Also, the Seante Health Committee finished their bill

Second, Baucus, chairman of the Finance Committee, said they would have a bill done by the end of the day today. Which is huge because Baucus was trying too hard to get repub votes and Harry told him to stop. Rare backbone for Harry.

Third, Harry Reid said the senate would vote on the health care bill by the end of the month.

Lastly, Obama is steering closer and closer to going it alone w/o repub votes for the health care bill. Which is very important b/c he was emphasizing bipartisanship for sometime now. Which, I wrote about earlier, depends on the definition of "bipartisan".