Legal Commentary

Harkin: I Will Vote Against PO But I Am PO Supporter

By Big Tent Democrat

One reason to have an up or down vote on the public option is to clear the brush of people like Tom Harkin. Jon Walker reports:

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) spent most of the year claiming he was a champion of the public option. Now that there is a possibility of getting a public option with a simple majority using reconciliation, Harkin has made clear that he will actively work to kill the public option, while tying himself in incoherent, illogical knots trying to justify his actions–while still trying to claim he supports the public option.

As Walker demonstrates, a vote for an public option amendment will not threaten anything. Harkin shows yet again again that he is not the sharpest knife in the drawer AND has trouble with the truth. At least for me, that is my realistic goal for up or down vote on the public option --smoke out the fakers, like Tom Harkin.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 02, 2010 (boomark / email).