Some views from Twitter on the historic cave tonight by Senator Reid and the White House to Joe Lieberman, gutting the health care bill by killing the Medicare buy-in (after they killed the public option, and replaced it with the Medicare buy in):
@markos Insurance companies win. Time to kill this monstrosity coming out of the Senate.
@HunterDK: Breaking: Senate agrees to drop healthcare reform from #HCR bill. Will be replaced with picture of Calvin peeing on you.
@johngcole: But hey- they got to posture for the Stupak amendment, so it isn't a total loss. Idiots.
@pourmecoffee Final health care reform now looking like mailer with healthy recipes from FLOTUS vegetable garden.
@stephanietaylor Sherrod Brown, asked what the bill DOES do: "30 million more people will be covered now." BECAUSE U R FORCING US TO BUY SHITTY INSURANCE.
@GregMitch In Japan, Harry Reid would have to, literally, fall on his sword.
@aravosis When it still feels like Bush is in the WH and Gingrich the Congress, I don't call that 'change'
@markos Bye bye, Reid. You weren't a bad MINORITY leader.
@HunterDK: Private mandate still in. Apparently Senate only feels they can regulate individual citizens already struggling to get by.
@Atrios: 2010 gonna be grim
@HunterDKT Well, I'm out. There's more to be gained from purging corporate whores in Dem party than having 60 votes... or even 55.
@SamSeder In the words of Mr. Rotten, "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" F U Joe Lieberman and the caucus you rode in on.
@markos They're still trying to stick us with the mandate, right? Another government bailout of a broken industry.
@HunterDK Somehow I don't see "Let Them Eat Cake" being a winning campaign slogan for senate Dems in 2010, but what do I know.
@pourmecoffee Children of Aetna management not allowed to go to sleep tonight before writing thank-you note to Lieberman.
