Comments on: Health Care Bill Hailed by Obama, but Stupak-Pitts Abortion Amendment May Divide Dems in 2010 http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/11/08/obama-pelosi-and-dems-face-tough-2010-fight-after-health-care-bills-passage/ Patriotism that loves our country, our land, and our planet Wed, 23 May 2012 01:08:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joe Walsh http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/11/08/obama-pelosi-and-dems-face-tough-2010-fight-after-health-care-bills-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-73506 Joe Walsh Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:55:48 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3692#comment-73506 The worm continues to turn on this: <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/11/11/capuano_shifts_on_health_overhaul/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/1...</a> "US Representative Michael E. Capuano, in a significant departure from his forceful rhetoric a day earlier, said yesterday that he would vote against a final health care bill if it includes a provision restricting federal funding for abortion." Capuano is getting pretty nuanced here: he would vote against it as a Senator, but voted for it on Saturday because it kept the possibility of a bill on the table and there is time to pull Stupak out. Fine...reasonable enough, but nuance does not always play well in primaries (especially mid-winter specials) and this is pretty inside baseball for most voters. The worm continues to turn on this:

http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2009/1…

"US Representative Michael E. Capuano, in a significant departure from his forceful rhetoric a day earlier, said yesterday that he would vote against a final health care bill if it includes a provision restricting federal funding for abortion."

Capuano is getting pretty nuanced here: he would vote against it as a Senator, but voted for it on Saturday because it kept the possibility of a bill on the table and there is time to pull Stupak out.

Fine…reasonable enough, but nuance does not always play well in primaries (especially mid-winter specials) and this is pretty inside baseball for most voters.

]]> By: Joe Walsh http://redgreenandblue.org/2009/11/08/obama-pelosi-and-dems-face-tough-2010-fight-after-health-care-bills-passage/comment-page-1/#comment-73352 Joe Walsh Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:03:10 +0000 http://redgreenandblue.org/?p=3692#comment-73352 A preview of the 2010 fight discussed in the story, the Stupak Amendment has already become an issue in the special for Mass Senate (Kennedy seat). <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/11/coakley_no_on_h.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/20...</a> AG Martha Coakley is using Rep Capuano's vote for the bill to get separation from the closest Dem in the field (she is leading in polling). A preview of the 2010 fight discussed in the story, the Stupak Amendment has already become an issue in the special for Mass Senate (Kennedy seat).

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/20…

AG Martha Coakley is using Rep Capuano's vote for the bill to get separation from the closest Dem in the field (she is leading in polling).

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