snowe commits to vote for healthcare bill in committee

[still_one]

but will not commit to the floor if it goes through changes

just on Bloomberg

[tekisui]

1. We don't need her on the floor.

[Barack_America]

2. Just her vote for cloture.

Potentially.

[tekisui]

3. I would hope that Reid has the influence to bind all of the Dems

to vote for cloture, then cut them loose for the final vote. Maybe we would need her for the cloture vote. That is still not the same as voting for the bill. She would still be able to cover her ass.

[regnaD kciN]

5. But I'm sure she won't vote for cloture...

...if the final bill has a public option. Prepare for the screwing of the average American.

[regnaD kciN]

4. We don't need her now, either...

Even if no bill emerged from Finance, we could have proceeded with the Senate HELP bill and the House bills.

What this does mean is that a new "conventional wisdom" will form: we can finally have a "bipartisan" bill, but only if it includes an individual mandate but no public option.

Watch Democrats stampede to embrace that alternative as "the only way to realistically get health-care reform." And the screwing of the average American goes up and up...