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Originally Posted by oblioman
That's the way politics work. The ones in the majority,,,govern to what they think the people want. Since one side has been nothing but obstructionist, the other side (the ones in power) said the hell with them and decided that doing something was better than doing nothing. It's a sorry state of affairs when the health debacle could of and should of been handled 10-20 years ago. But the republicans blocked it back then,,,when with a bit of foresight, they could of passed their own version.
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They didn't even invite republicans to the committees for the most part except a liberal republican in name only (Olympia Snow) from Maine and even SHE is not liking what she is seeing now with the forced public option. No way anyone can think the dems actually tried for any bipartisan reform with a straight face.