Conyers: No Public Option, No Passage

[babylonsister]

http://washingtonindependent.com/57367/conyers-no-public-option-no-passage

Conyers: No Public Option, No Passage
By Matthew DeLong 9/1/09 12:02 PM


The Michigan Messenger’s Todd Heywood reports some strong statements from Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) in support of a government-run health insurance plan to compete with private insurers.

“If we don’t have a strong public option, the bill will never get out of the House,” Conyers said during a Monday night town hall meeting on hate crimes legislation, which Conyers sponsored.

Conyers comments echo the sentiments of Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), who suggested last month that abandoning a public option could cost up to 100 Democratic votes in the House.

[Why Syzygy]

1. heh.

Guess Rahm doesn't crack their whip like he does in the Senate.

:applause: GOOD ON 'EM!

[Bozita]

2. John Dingell (D-MI) echoed those comments today.

K&R

[DebbieCDC]

3. Another "strongly worded statement" from Conyers

Wake me up when he actually does something besides bloviate

[Subdivisions]

5. +1. n/t

[AndyA]

8. Yeah, those strongly worded statements just eviscerate, don't they?

Cuts right through to the problem and has worked so well for Conyers in the past. What's that story about crying wolf? Conyers needs to be reminded of that.

[rhett o rick]

13. Why are you attacking Rep Conyers? Dont you think his agressive statements

counter act the CorpMedia reports that the public option is dead?

[Echo In Light]

4. Rec 9

[Hepburn]

6. You go, Conyers!

:applause: KNR

[Subdivisions]

7. No universal single-payer healthcare option, no passage. n/t

[harun]

9. Solidarity from the House. Conyers is awesome.

[redqueen]

10. I hope he's backing the idea to use Medicare as the public option. (nt)

[whopis01]

11. I remember when the battle cry was for single payer. Now it is for public option, or nothing.

I'm sure I can figure out which of those two we are going to end up with.

[Vidar]

12. Thanks John, but I no longer trust your words.

[troubledamerican]

15. Tough words, but truthful.

[troubledamerican]

16. P.S. ... I mean your words.

[shadowknows69]

14. Well, it's doomed now.

If Conyers is blustering his feathers then he also has the excuse "Why we couldn't do it" written in full by now.

[defendandprotect]

17. Thank you, Rep. Conyers . .. !!!! MEDICARE FOR ALL -----

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I'm sorry babsis, but in my book, Conyers' words mean doodly squat. n/t

[mopinko]

19. conyers aside, there are lots of others in the house who wont accept

some bullshit handout to the insurance companies. not least of which is my own, chief deputy whip schakowsky.