Pete Wehner thinks I’m insane. He seems perfectly rational, of course, defending Krauthammer’s colonialist–no neo- needed here–contention that Iraq is a “prize” that Obama is squandering. Occasionally, the wingers let their true colors fly: this is one such moment. We should be grateful for the clarity.
Olympia Snowe didn’t make a liar out of Max Baucus, who had been predicting for months that he would have at least some GOP support when passing his health care reform bill out of the Finance Committee (all along most of us read this as one person: Snowe). For the chairman this must be a [...]
The last of five Congressional committees with jurisdiction over health care has passed a reform bill. Senator Olympia Snowe was the only Republican to vote with the Senate Finance Committee Democrats, bringing the tally to 14 to 9. Snowe said earlier today that her vote of support today does not guarantee she will vote for [...]
Republican Olympia Snowe just indicated in her closing statement that she plans to vote yes on the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill. Her vote is probably not necessary for passage – Democrats hold 13 of 23 seats on the committee – but her support could be crucial to getting a bill passed on the [...]
I have a piece on Time.com today examining the claims made in a study released by the health insurance lobby over the weekend. The industry took a pummeling on Monday for releasing what many viewed as a skewed report based on cherry-picked information.
