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Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN) Supports Single Payer Will wonders never cease? Last week, Congressman Mark Souder, a conservative Republican from Indiana's 3rd district, voted--with 12 of his conservative Republican colleagues on the House Education and Labor Committee--for an amendment that would allow states to opt out of the federal health insurance reform plan as long as they set up a single payer system in their state. The amendment was sponsored by uber-liberal Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). No, it wasn't opposite day at the local junior high. But the Republicans were apparently displaying a similar level of maturity in casting their votes. According to a report by Sam Stein at Huffington Post, the Republicans didn't expect the amendment to pass and voted the way they did to make trouble for first-term Democrats from conservative districts. The fact that it did pass and, if widely publicized, will most likely backfire and instead make trouble for those 13 Republicans, makes me smile a little. But it would make me much happier if elected officials on both sides of the aisle would simply vote for what they think is right, rather than playing politics with the lives of Americans. Sadly, I think I'm going to have to let that dream die. Dag? Nab it! Subscribe to the latest from your favorite topic, blogger, or entire site. Copyright © 2009 dagblog. All rights reserved.
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I really don't understand what they were doing, honestly.
I agree that it is really strange. It seems like they thought if they voted for it, some freshmen Dems would feel like they had to vote for it too, and then the Republican candidates in their districts could hammer them in 2010 for voting for single payer. I'm certain they didn't think the amendment would pass. Frankly, I'm all for my state opting out of the federal reform if it means we get single payer. So, I'd like to thank Mark Souder for sticking up for Hoosiers.
I am just lost. The freshman can say that the GOP backed it. And it passed with bipartisan support. It's like knifing yourself to go to the police. It makes no sense, for essentially analogous reasons.