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New Ad Targets Baucus for Blocking Public Option

Brian Beutler | September 28, 2009, 9:15AM

Health Care, Max Baucus, Olympia Snowe, Public Option, Senate, Senate Finance Committee

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The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Democracy for America have launched the below ad in Montana and Washington, D.C., hitting Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus for blocking a public option from his health care reform bill.

The ad is the latest in a bid to personalize the politics of the public option. Last week, the two groups targeted Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) for opposing a public option with a similar ad.

Tomorrow, the Finance Committee will resume consideration of reform legislation, and have a chance to vote on a number of public option amendments, including one, authored by Snowe, that would affix the public option to a "trigger mechanism"--a plan viewed with suspicion by most reformers.

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mcc

September 28, 2009 11:53 AM

Is there somewhere one can donate specifically toward keeping this ad on the air?

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mcc

September 28, 2009 11:54 AM in reply to mcc

Oh hey duh the "the below ad" link has a button.

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timba

September 28, 2009 4:33 PM in reply to mcc

http://healthcarecantwait.com/

I just chipped in $30. This one is important. Baucus has been the point man on the sabotage efforts. He needs to be shown that people are paying more attention that he thought.

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BrewhouseBob

September 28, 2009 12:32 PM

Elected reps should schedule a Free Health Clinic to coincide with their Town Hall Meetings. It is easy for a handful of TeaBaggers to shout down a single speaker. Maybe not so easy when there are thousands of others present who understand the need for a public option. I suspect that many TeaBaggers do not have health insurance... wonder what side they would take at such an event...

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madmatt

September 28, 2009 1:57 PM

Like Baucus will ever have to worry about a job again, he and his kids will all be getting lifetime appointments to THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY in exchange for his letting a wellpoint exec write the bill.

I hope he and his suffer long debilitating illness without hope of help...just like he wants for us.

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