Was Joe LIEberman "for" national health insurance before he was against it? Go back to 2004.

[Bread and Circus]

Curiously, Joe Lieberman ran in 2004 to be the standard bearer for the party he now seeks to destroy. Which made me wonder, what promises was this asshole making to the Democratic Base and I found this:

http://www.ontheissues.org/2004/Joseph_Lieberman_Health_Care.htm

Joseph Lieberman on Health Care
Democratic Jr Senator (CT), ran for V.P. with Gore, ran for president 2004


Centrist leadership can get more covered by health insurance

Q: What do you make of health care?

A: : One, promises when you're born a child in America, you get a membership card in MediKids, covers your insurance. Two, if you lose your job, you will not lose your health insurance. Three, underemployed, self-employed, small business, you can buy into this plan, it'll cost you a lot less, and, incidentally, you'll get drug benefits with it. That's the kind of centrist leadership that produces results.
Source: Democratic 2004 primary Debate in Greenville SC Jan 29, 2004

National health insurance pool-free for poor and children
Q: How would your health plan improve insurance coverage for the new generation?

LIEBERMAN: There is a morally scandalous fact-that that 43 million Americans don't have health insurance, 2 million more than when George Bush became president. I'm proposing to create a national health insurance pool like the one that members of Congress get our insurance from. If you don't have insurance now, you'll be able to get it, probably free, if you're among the low-income working poor. If you're a child, you will be covered by insurance at birth. If you are fired from your work or lose your job, you will not lose your health insurance. MediKids is part of my program. Every child born in America will become a member of MediKids, and it will cover them from birth through 25. Why 25? Because young adults have a hard time affording health insurance, and a lot of them think they're not going to get sick, but they do, and we need to cover them.
Source: Democratic 2004 Primary Debate at St. Anselm College Jan 22, 2004


Medi-Kids: guaranteed care until age 25
I want to create "Medikids." Every baby born in America will leave the hospital not just with a birth certificate but with a Medikids card that will guarantee them health insurance up until the age of 25. You won't have to go down to the welfare office to sign up. You won't be mandated if you don't want to buy plans to cover health insurance. As president, I'm going to bring the right priorities: I will make every American currently uninsured eligible for a high-quality, affordable health insurance.
Source: Democratic Primary Debate, Albuquerque New Mexico Sep 4, 2003

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So, if Joe is so against a public option now, why was he promoting what sounds like some form of public insurance back in 2004, albeit only up to age 25? Medikids sounds alot like Medicare if you ask me.

[dflprincess]

1. Where was his wife working in 2004

and how much was he collecting from the insurance companies back then?

Answers to these two questions might explain why he's changed his mind.