Top House liberal slams plan to skip health care reform bill conference

In other words, it's appearing increasingly likely that the House-Senate conference, the meeting that was supposed to "save" the public option, now isn't going to happen at all. The top liberal in the House has expressed his "concern" that the conference is fading fast. The thing is, "concern" doesn't really cut it in this town. As Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson have shown all too clearly, you get what you want by raising hell and by being wiling to walk away from the table. Nobody fears someone who is "concerned."