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Lieberman: “I’m Scared That This Bill Will Pass”
Senator Lieberman (I-CT)
Re: Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Actually, he and everyone else knows that the bill will pass if it reaches the final vote.
If Lieberman was wiling to let the bill go to debate, then why is he scared to let the bill go to a final vote if it contains the Public Option?
Answer: Because he knows that it will pass if it gets to the floor vote.
If it gets by the procedural vote to close debate, then all that is needed is 50 votes to pass, not 60, and they have those (counting the veep in case of a tie).
The main reason he is on the wrong side of this is because the Republican Party bought him during his floundering re-election camapign in 2006. He had to invent an independent party because he lost the Democratic primary to Ned Lamont (who may be mounting a run for Governor).
The Republican Party then threw their weight behind Lieberman. Backing someone who had a committee chairmanship and much more power than a new junior senator was much more appealing. They subsequently dropped their own candidate, Alan Schlesinger, who only garnered 10% of the vote, like he had the plague.
Lieberman was bought and paid for by the Republicans. He owes them. Well, them and the big insurance industry that his wife represents.