Who Supports John Boehner's Call To "Start Over" and Hit The "Reset Button" On Health Care'?

[TomCADem]

I am seeing a lot of threads call for just that option that I just wanted to make sure I am on the right forum. I also see a lot of threads asking why Health Care reform has to go through Congress, which I thought was Constitutionally required. However, through "leadership," President Obama can apparently bypass the Constitution. Heck, maybe the Honduran coup conspitors were simply exercising "leadership."

http://newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2009/09/boehner-says-dems-healthcare-b.html

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WASHINGTON, DC - House Minority whip John Boehner (R-OH) gave his opinion on a number of topics Thursday, September 17 in an interview with PBS's Jeffery Brown.

When asked if the house should begin the process of drafting another bill and starting over, or "hitting the reset button", the Representative from West Chester said:

"I don't believe that any of these health plans that we've seen thus far from the Democrats in Congress can pass in any way, shape, or form."

This is particularly insightful coming from a 10-term House veteran and leader of the GOP who knows how long the legislative process can take. He further added:

"And I do believe that the president at some point is going to have to hit the reset button and just say, "All right, we're going to stop, and we're going to start over, and we're going to start over and start at the beginning in a bipartisan way.""

No vote has yet been called for any of the bills, with some still in committee.

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[tabatha]

1. Nope. Boehner's bipartisan means

Republican written.

[MurrayDelph]

18. Bi-partisan is Republican-speak for

"You do it our way, and we'll blame you when it fails."

[Triana]

2. NOPE. "bipartisan"? NOT POSSIBLE. They DO need to start over and START with DEMANDING

single-payer MEDICARE FOR ALL - then use "reconciliation" to SHOVE it through.

PERIOD.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. I support it! I support it! I support it 100%!!!!

If it means we disband the health insurance companies and start over with a single-payer universal health CARE program. . . .

:evilgrin:

[freddie mertz]

4. I don't. Boehner is a snake.

I would not vote for a non public option bill if I were in the congress however, and would urge all Dems to do the same.

But we are not there...YET.

[jaxx]

5. No way.

Boner can go whine somewhere else. They'd like nothing better than to stall this for a year or two and still vote no. Pukes.

[Jack Rabbit]

6. Only if we get Single Payer out of the process

Death to the health insurance companies!

[quiet.american]

7. The only "reset" button Boehner needs to concern himself with is the one on his tanning machine. nt

[Honeycombe8]

8. My understanding is there is a legal way to institute health care changes.

But because of that legal way, you can't reform to the same extent. So that's the downside. Plus, Obama WANTS it to go through Congress and be voted on.

But there is that legal way lurking in the background (reconciliation). That's not a sure thing, either, and I heard on TV that such a procedure can't be used for a public option. So I don't know how helpful that would be.

You should be ashamed of yourself for comparing our legitimate, constitutionally-protected procedures to what happened in Honduras. Reconciliation IS a legal procedure, and exists for a reason. It is not a coup.

Everyone who is a decent human being is in favor of health reform. So which procedure is used is just, well, a procedural thing. Not everyone will agree on the details of WHAT should be done, so WHAT is decided should be done will dictate which procedure will be used.

[styersc]

9. Obama should veto this ridiculous gift to the insurance companies

and start from scratch with a public option as a mandate. If he signs a mandatory insurance without a public option then the President has become the problem.

[Thrill]

10. Delay Delay Delay Delay

Thats all they want to do. We have the votes now. Now is the time to do it

[Vinca]

11. If this happens - which would be stupid - we should accept no less than single payer.

[damntexdem]

12. I support a call to start over and hit the 'reset' button on John Boehner.

And we'll need more reset buttons for a few other pols, both GOP and Dem.

[Fire1]

13. Just to reinvent the wheel? I think not. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

14. With Obama as President, you routinely see DUers advocating for what republicans want....

You get used to it.

[TomCADem]

16. I Just Find It Insane That Astroturf "Liberals" End Up Repeating RW Talking Points

If conservatives can be astroturfed by corporations into opposing health care reform, why can't liberals be bambozzled into opposing health care reform or just quitting?

It is just amazing that with every set back, there is a chorus of "liberal" voices who advicate quitting. If there voices held sway, Medicare would never have been passed because it fell far short of universal healh care coverage.

[DevonRex]

17. Is it a racist thing? Sometimes I seriously wonder.

:shrug:

[BlooInBloo]

19. There are a variety of things involved.

[Avalux]

15. NO!!!!! Republicans have no intention of voting for anything. They want to KILL reform.

They will delay with whatever tactics necessary to keep a bill from coming to vote. Orange Boy needs to shut the hell up.

[high density]

20. So we're at like the 15 yard line and they want to kick the ball back to 90?

Fuck that.