-By Warner Todd Huston
The Hill is reporting that 23 House Democrats are vowing to vote no on H.R. 3200 as the bill now stands.
Speaker Pelosi, however, can afford to lose 38 of her fellow Democrats and still pass the bill, according to reports.
One of the standout quotes from The Hill’s coverage is a Pelosi spokesman’s reply to reporters about the bill:
“The Congress will pass and the president will sign this year health insurance reform that will lower costs, retain choice, improve quality and expand coverage,” said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.
Think about the utter illogic in this sentence.
The bill will lower costs? But, won’t that mean cuts so that costs go down? Yes, of course it will.
Yet…
The bill will retain choice? Wait a minute, if costs are cut, then services will have to be made harder to get or even non-existent! How do you cut costs but keep all “choice” the same?
Yet…
The bill will improve quality? For everyone? But how can we do that when we’ve slashed prices and cut services?
Yet…
The bill will expand coverage? After cutting costs and services, how is it possible to expand any thing?
This is Congressional falderal at its worst.
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The following Democratic lawmakers have indicated opposition to the healthcare plan moving through the House.
John Adler (N.J.)
Jason Altmire (Pa.)
John Barrow (Ga.)
Dan Boren (Okla.)
Rick Boucher (Va.)
Allen Boyd (Fla.)
Bobby Bright (Ala.)
Travis Childers (Miss.)
Jim Costa (Calif.)
Henry Cuellar (Texas)
Parker Griffith (Ala.)
Frank Kratovil (Md.)
Betsy Markey (Colo.)
Eric Massa (N.Y.)
Jim Matheson (Utah)
Charlie Melancon (La.)
Walt Minnick (Idaho)
Tom Perriello (Va.)
Earl Pomeroy (N.D.)
Heath Shuler (N.C.)
Bart Stupak (Mich.)
John Tanner (Tenn.)
Gene Taylor (Miss.)
(Cross posted at HealthcareHorseRace.com.)
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, RedState.com, Human Events Magazine, AmericanDailyReview.com, townhall.com, New Media Journal, Men’s News Daily and the New Media Alliance among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events and is currently the co-host of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism” heard on BlogTalkRadio. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston
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