Nov 16, 2009

Lieberman on ObamaCare: I’ve got to stop it!

Senator Joe Lieberman (pictured) has said he has "no other choice" but to filibuster a health care bill that contains a government-run health insurance option.

Lieberman goes on to say that, while reform is needed, the public option would be harmful to America’s future and that he would use his right as a senator to try "to stop it."

Joe Lieberman is a moderate Democrat from Connecticut. In 2006 the Democrats dumped Lieberman and backed Ned Lamont for the Senate.

Lieberman subsequently ran as an Independent and was successful in defeating Lamont.

Joe Lieberman is now an Independent Senator from Connecticut and is a maverick in the Senate although he usually caucuses with the Democrats.

Is Lieberman going against Democrats in the Senate on the healthcare bill because they dumped him three years ago?

Actually, Lieberman is trying to protect the healthcare insurance companies with home offices in Connecticut because a government-run health option could be devastating to private healthcare insurance companies.

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