Question Of The Day: What If Daschle Were In Charge?

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Aug 25 2009, 6:30 am by Chris Good

Question Of The Day: What If Daschle Were In Charge?

Where would health care be right now if Tom Daschle were in charge of shepherding it through Congress?

Comments (3)

Pineview1997 August 25, 2009 10:36 AM

It would still have zero votes from Republicans and a few Dems from tiny little states would still be getting hundreds of thousands of dollars from insurance companies to delay and frustrate the public good in favor of corporate profit. This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.

PorkBelly August 25, 2009 11:11 AM

The bill probably would have moved faster and smoother through the Senate.

The flip side is that it would probably be even weaker than it is now since Daschle is basically an insurance company lobbyist.

Thorley Winston August 25, 2009 2:29 PM

I’m guessing that the Blue Dog Democrats who are holding up the bill would probably be even less likely to vote for it when courted by a former Senate Majority Leader who got tossed out by the people from his home State. As would Harry Reid.

And Daschle’s tax problems would be highlighted repeatedly in contrast to the new taxes and tax penalties in the bill.