Sarah Palin, using her Facebook account as a periodic press release, is fighting tonight’s Dem vote on health care "reform":
"While this Saturday night vote might seem like a procedural matter, at the end of the day a vote against Senator Reid’s motion is a vote against massive new government spending and a take-over of 1/6th of the U.S. economy; it’s a vote against billions in tax increases and penalties; it’s a vote against federal funding of abortion; and it’s a vote against ignoring responsible tort reform."
Sarah, whose education and experience are so assiduously disputed by her Dem and old media detractors, can count the dean of Harvard Medical School in her corner on this one:
"…it’s entirely unclear how such unspecified changes would impact physician practices and compensation, hospital organizations and their capacity to invest, and the ability of patients to receive the kind and quality of care they desire. Similar challenges would eventually confront the entire country on a more explosive scale if the current legislation becomes law."
Course even if tonight’s vote to move the bill to the floor succeeds, it and the House version are different and must be reworked into one by a conference committee. Only then can two final votes occur, one in the House, the other in the Senate. So tonight is only the beginning of the game. And even if the bill were eventually to be voted down, we can assume the Dem leadership would come up with another one and try again. With Barry’s approval rating already in free-fall, they have to be worried about losing their majority in 2010.
UPDATE: Reidcare moves on. With a little $300 million help for his friend. But there’s still plenty of time to kill this turkey.
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