Bradley in DC
08-14-2009, 05:18 PM
Conrad Says He'll Vote Against Public Option
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/14/conrad_says_hell_vote_against_public_option.html
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), one of six on the Senate Finannce Committee negotiating a bipartisan health care bill, "told an audience of 100 that he would not vote for a government-run health care program," the Jamestown Sun reports.
Instead, Conrad presented his "cooperative health care proposal" which "would offer a non-profit insurance option to compete with private health care. It would not be government run, he said."
TPM correctly notes that there is "still a question of whether he'd support a filibuster of a health care bill with a public option."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/08/14/conrad_says_hell_vote_against_public_option.html
Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), one of six on the Senate Finannce Committee negotiating a bipartisan health care bill, "told an audience of 100 that he would not vote for a government-run health care program," the Jamestown Sun reports.
Instead, Conrad presented his "cooperative health care proposal" which "would offer a non-profit insurance option to compete with private health care. It would not be government run, he said."
TPM correctly notes that there is "still a question of whether he'd support a filibuster of a health care bill with a public option."