Democrats plan to invoke Sen. Edward Kennedy’s name repeatedly in their push for a massive overhaul of the healthcare system, but political insiders in both parties say his name alone will fall far short of the contribution he could have made personally.There's nothing shameful about refusing to be railroaded into supported a terrible piece of legislation. Anyone who seriously believed that Republicans would jump into line with Democrats just because an old chronic drunk died of cancer certainly doesn't understand why the GOP is opposing the health care bill.
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) wants the reform bill named after Sen. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) declared his death a reason to “rededicate our efforts toward passing legislation to provide robust, quality health insurance coverage for all Americans.”
But Republicans are not about to be shamed into blindly backing a one-sided bill, and some conservatives have already criticized Democrats for trying to politicize the issue through the use of Kennedy’s name.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Calling it "KennedyCare" Won't Help
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Makes sense to name the bill after Kennedy. Government will treat us the way Kennedy treated Kopechne: they'll leave us to die if we get in the way of the greater good.
The Obamacare bill surely will not be passed by a joint Dem./Rep. vote if it has nothing but its own merits to judge from. This is the most garbled piece of legislation ever concocted by Congress! It seems crazy to think of naming this bill after Kennedy, after all he got away with murdering his staff member, beat out many a drunk offense, was for killing unborn children, and then wanted a national health plan which would send senior citizens to a early grave with the help of the government.
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