Is this true?
http://www.drudgereport.com/fl…
It’s one thing to say you fully support a public option but what is it that made the Drudge Report think that Polis is opposed to the bill? Anyone else seen statements from his office today?
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Like everything Drudge “reports,” I wouldn’t take this seriously until someone with a brain confirms it.
Besides, if Drudge even has a Hill source, it’s probably a Republican staffer going by old news.
I’ve been reading Drudge’s page for 11 years, and his abuse of language is a pathological habit. These two assertions are set up as polar opposites, but they are really not.
Opposing the “current health bill” is a so non-specific that it is meaningless, but there is a deliberate implication that the “moderate” members are a unified front like the progressives–who very specifically oppose a bill going forward without a public option. Rather, the “moderate” positions are varied and are of varying intensity.
So in reality the conclusion he draws is a lot weaker.
I understand its obnoxiously long, but the answer is on the same page.
Polis has been a vocal supporter of the bill in the time since, including joint appearances with the HHS Secretary.
http://polis.house.gov/News/Do…
The no vote was symbolic, and that has been judged in its own right, but any count showing him as a no on the final bill is fully grasping at straws to get to a conclusion.
I didn’t see any detail about his position on the page. I wasn’t trying to ding him…just raise the question to see if anyone else was hearing anything.
Jared made it very clear he only voted against it knowing it had the votes to pass and as a symbolic statement on the tax part. He also stated that if he was the tie-breaking vote, he would have voted for it.
And he said that at the time of the vote.
He was, after all, quoted in the national press as being very very vague on his support of a final bill with a public option.
Admittedly, he’s been getting better at saying (IMHO) the right things about his support for reform, and for a public option. I’m reasonably sure at this point that he’ll be a vocal advocate for a strong health care reform bill. But let’s not drool all over him and give him a pass on some very public mis-steps.