Reply #46: lol! You're the one throwing around the words "lies" and "liars," not me. [View All]

For the record, I never once made the "claim that what people were saying was total lies."

As for your obsession with elective abortion funding. Have at it. I'm more interested in having 96% of Americans insured with
no cap and no pre-existing conditions. I'll wait until the final bill in order to comment on an amendment that has yet to come
out of conference. FWIW, folks who can afford 10K premiums can use their "private funds" to go to Planned Parenthood. And I
know of many friends and acquaintances who have never used/had insurance or Medicaid and they still managed to have
multiple abortions. That's called being responsible for one's mistakes. Taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for elective
abortions.

As for your prediction re: the outcome of Stupak amendment: it seems alot of anonymous folks at DU seem to think they know the
outcome of legislative events before the happen. I am dubious, but even if your worst fears came true, I am still in favor of HCR
because I have family members with pre-existing conditions who would no longer be denied insurance come January 2010 if it
passed. The legislation will also cover 96 percent of Americans by 2015, while reducing the deficit by tens of billions of dollars
by 2019. Not too shabby.

The perfect should not be the enemy of the good. There are many years ahead to tweak legislation, as Congress did with Social
Security and Medicaid.