Hoyer: I'm Not Negotiating On Abortion Provisions in Health Care Bill

"After all, Rep Stupak did vote for the original House bill."

Yeah, he did, after they passed an amendment. I can't remember the name of it, but I think it may be called the Stupak Amendment. Remember when Nancy Pelosi and the Dems were essentially saying the things about him then that they are now? We heard the same old "this is not an abortion bill this is a health care bill" bullshit that Pelosi is now repeating. Guess what? Stupak won that round, not Nancy "I am supposedly the most powerful fucking Speaker in the history of the Republic" Pelosi. That is the whole reason they have reached this impasse now.

It is hilarious that anyone here thinks he is just bluffing after spending weeks telling every single person that will listen that he will not vote for the bill. The notion that he will vote for it "in the end" is so much wishful thinking, it requires one to be delusional to entertain such fantasies. Seven people have already stated, definitively, that they absolutely will not vote for the bill if the Stupak language is not changed. That number is eight if you add Henry Cuellar who told Investors Business Daily that he is a Stupak Democrat. That is only four short of the Dozen he promised.

Go back and watch that interview with Rachel Maddow. Watch Pelosi's reaction when Maddow asks her, point blank, if Stupak has the dozen votes he claims he does. She refuses to answer the question. She starts spouting talking points about pre-existing conditions and other such bullshit. Even Maddow, at the end of the segment, states that Pelosi was dodging the question. Regardless what Maddow says about Stupak only having three or four votes (a statement that is demonstrably wrong), Pelosi gave away the fucking game by so blatantly dodging the question.

For those who suppor this bill, I will ask one question? How frequently during the past week or so have you heard various Dems who voted yes say they are either voting no (in the case of the Stupak bloc), leaning no or undecided. Such statements come out every single day. Now ask yourself how many times have you heard Dems who voted no say they are leaning yes or will vote yes? There have been about two No votes say that.