Monday, September 14, 2009

High Stakes at High Noon on High Mountain

Jane Hamsher on this critical moment for the Progressive caucus in the House as all signs point to the cave-in from the White House on a public option in health-care reform:

... if Progressives cave now, no one will ever take them seriously again. If the 60 members who signed a letter saying they "simply cannot vote for such a proposal" that does not have a public option don't abide by that promise, they are rendering their entire caucus powerless in every battle to come.


I agree. If they're going to let Rahm Emanuel run all over them with the Blue Dogs at this point in the young Obama administration during a supremely crucial debate (that was part of the referendum that swept Obama into office), why should they ever expect any respect in the future? They'll prove themselves irrelevant.

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