Thank you, Massachusetts! Not that they won’t try to ram ObamaCare through some other way, but the Senate bill won’t pass the House, and the more time we buy, the less time they have to destroy health care in America.
AP/Yahoo: Democrats’ last-ditch approach to saving President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care overhaul — prodding House members to pass a Senate version vastly unpopular with them — isn’t working.
So lawmakers are talking about more modest health legislation that could have bipartisan appeal, though even that may prove more complicated than many suggest.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to move the Senate’s bill through the House and to Obama’s desk. Under a plan backed by the White House, the new law would be followed by a separate measure making changes sought by House members, such as easing the Senate’s tax on higher-cost health plans.
Pelosi, D-Calif., spoke to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the Senate legislation.
Many rank-and-file Democrats said the stunning defeat in this week’s Massachusetts special election — in which Republicans captured the Senate seat held for decades by the late Edward M. Kennedy — meant it was time to seek more modest health legislation. ….
Remember, the fight isn’t over. They’ll just come up with some new “starter house” upon which they can people European style socialized medicine.
Via memeorandum
