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HCAN
HCAN: Public Option Must Be 'Operating Nationally When The Exchanges Start'
The influential reform campaign Health Care for America Now says thanks but no thanks to the idea of trading away the public option for a system modeled on the one that covers members of Congress.
The statement declares that "a public option must be publicly established and accountable and operating nationally when the Exchanges start. Using nonprofits to replace a public option won't work."
Note that HCAN does not address the prospect of a Medicare buy-in option for people aged 55-64, so this may not be the final word from the group. But it's an early sign that they don't like what they're hearing.
The full statement is available after the jump.
(Additional reporting by Brian Beutler.)
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FL-20
GOP Candidate Shoots At Target With Wasserman Schultz's Initials
FL-20 Candidate Robert Lowry (R)
Here's a sign that some conservative activism really has gotten out of hand: A Republican candidate for Congress went campaigning by shooting a gun at a target with the incumbent Dem Congresswoman's initials written next to it.
Robert Lowry, a businessman running against Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), stopped by a local Republican event that was held at a shooting range. Lowry stepped up to show his marksmanship, and fired at a human silhouette target -- with the letters "DWS" written next to the head.
Lowry later told the Sun-Sentinel that he did not know who wrote the letters next to the target, but that he did know they were there when he started shooting. After further questioning, he admitted it "was a mistake" to shoot at the target.
Florida's 20th District is a safe Democratic seat, which voted for Barack Obama by a margin of 63%-36%, and re-elected Wasserman Schultz by 76%-23% in 2008.
Late Update: It should also be noted that human-style targets were common at this event: "Though most of the targets of gunfire were standard gun-range fare -- large silhouettes of a human figure -- a few shooters used large color posters instead. They depicted a menacing figure, adorned in a kaffiyeh, the kind of headdress worn by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The person in the picture was holding a rocket-propelled grenade."
(Via Political Wire.)
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