Schumer Joins New Push for Public Option (Commiecare™ on the march - again?)

Observer ^ | 2/18/10 | Reid Pillifant

[Libloather]

Schumer Joins New Push for Public Option
Story By Reid Pillifant
February 18, 2010 | 3:47 p.m

Senator Chuck Schumer just announced that he'll sign a new letter pushing majority leader Harry Reid to allow a vote on the public option.

"I just added my name to [the] effort to pass a public option through the reconciliation process, and I wanted you to be the first to know," Mr. Schumer wrote in an email to supporters. He's the first of the Democratic leadership in the Senate to do so.

He credited four senators--Michael Bennet, Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, and fellow New Yorker Kirsten Gillibrand--for renewing the public option push, which had been axed as part of a series of compromises to create a filibuster-proof bill. (That idea died last month, when Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown, who opposes the bill.)

Though Mr. Schumer makes 17 senators who have signed on to the letter, Mr. Reid has so far seemed unwilling to press the bill, indicating he doesn't have the votes. The signature of Mr. Schumer--a close confidant of Mr. Reid, and one of the principal negotiators of the health care bill--might signal a renewed push for the public option, or it might simply be a Hail Mary.

"This is far from a done deal, but it's an opportunity to break through the obstructionism Republicans have pushed for the past year," Mr. Schumer wrote to his supporters.

[Libloather]

There will be a day when RAT Schumer is no longer part of any governing body (the sooner the better) - and not one single person in the Milky Way will give a tinker's damn what he thought about anything.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Up Chuck Care.

[paul51]

the people don't want it. They must be obstructionists too

[Sun]

Hope conservatives from NYS aren’t afraid to call local talk shows, and/or write a letter to the editor, for the purpose of getting Schumer voted OUT, and don’t forget to mention how he caused a run on on the Indy bank, as well as his support for govt. health care.

[AdaGray]

PLEASE let someone good run against this idiot.

[dancusa]

CHUCK U Schumer!