Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) is at it again. Not happy with all his previous terrible “alternatives” to the public option that he helped create, Carper is now crafting a top-secret new “Plan B,” according to the CongressDaily. Just how bad is Carper’s Plan B?Well, from what is being reported, it could be his worst idea [...]

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Tuesday’s election netted House Democrats two more votes for reform. The House is expect to vote on health care reform this Saturday. Pelosi pushes ahead, while Reid, not so much. There is some indication that the Senate may delay the final passage of reform until next year. Jane thinks more time may not be a bad thing for [...]

The fact that the White House worked hand in hand with the Finance Committee to craft a bill, which doesn’t have a public option? Meaningless. Reports that they would have put a trigger in that bill but didn’t have the votes to get it through? More lies. The complete absence of any reporting saying that Obama has called a single Senator or member of Congress and urge them to vote for a public option? Well, that’s because he’s cleverly waiting until the last minute to fix it in conference.

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe really thinks the health insurance industry deserves another chance to behave. This is why Snowe supports the trigger. Just how strongly does Snowe feel about giving the insurance companies another chance? She thinks it is so important that she wants to waste $100 billion of your tax payer money on this [...]

Talking Points Memo is reporting that Obama is now actively working to kill the public option. Multiple sources tell TPMDC that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is very close to rounding up 60 members in support of a public option with an opt out clause, and are continuing to push skeptical members. But they also [...]

For a Republican, Olympia Snowe seems to have a real disdain for states’ rights when it comes to health care reform. At every turn she has been trying to take power away from the states and give it to the federal government. She has been one of the biggest supporters of the “national plans” strongly [...]

In Andrews’ own words, he doesn’t want to “paint himself into a corner” by saying he’ll vote against a bill that “put[s] the American people through five more years of exploding health care costs where they’re at the mercy of the insurance industry.”

Andrews is in a D+12 district. That’s going to go over really well in 2010.

Since Trumka is appearing with Obama on labor day in Ohio, the suckage would be hard if he used the opportunity to promote triggers.