If push comes to shove .... Watch out what you ask for . . .

On Friday, Robert Reich presented a good point when he stated: Why the Gang of Six is Deciding Health Care for Three Hundred Million of Us ...

Mind you... that was not a question he asked.

The point I wish to deal with in his piece is where he presented this point:

It is possible to pass health care legislation through the Senate with 51 votes (that's what George W. Bush did with his tax cut plan). Democrats control the House. The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, is a tough lady. She has said there will be no health care reform bill without a public option.

So why does the fate of health care rest in Grassley's hands?

Grassley's hands? But if the bill goes to reconciliation does it really rest in Grassley's hands... Or Baucus' ... or Conrad's hands... or any other member of the Finance Committee, for that matter?

What Reich didn't say is what the Senate weasels may be relying on to weasel out of their responsibilties if the heat gets to be a little too much.

Which brings me to: Who's Alan Frumin and why he may craft Senate health bill?

Read that article by Brian Faler at Bloomberg very closely so as to grasp the implications that may occur during a reconciliation process.

And ... Think about that . . .

~OGD~


As an Add:

The following was brought up in this thread and I thought it would be good to show you what the reader what alluding to.

Off point for a minute. The Sunday morning shows were mentioned earlier here. I watched Bob Schiefer ask Charles Grassley why he said the plan would pull the plug on grandma.

I'm offering a $500.00 prize to anyone that can decipher Grassley's answer.

Posted by JohnW1141
August 24, 2009 8:51 AM

Good Luck deciphering that jibber-jabbering jackass . . . .