This is just more of the dog and pony show to take attention away from the two biggest roadblocks to the fascist takeover of American health care, the lack of 60 votes for this POS bill in the Senate, and the fact that the House will never be able to compromise with the Senate on a significant  health care bill unless it contains the financially devastating public option.  I guess it’s okay for Mary Landrieu to keep her post because she rolled for $300 Million and only held up health care for a day or so.

From Politico:

Connecticut Democrat calls for Joe Lieberman recall

A House Democrat from Connecticut said Tuesday that Sen. Joe Lieberman should be recalled from office over his opposition to the Senate health care bill.

“No individual should hold health care hostage, including Joe Lieberman, and I’ll say it flat out, I think he ought to be recalled,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) told POLITICO.

Connecticut has no recall law for state officials, and the Constitution does not authorize states to recall members of Congress since each house has the authority to police its own members. DeLauro acknowledged that she didn’t know “what the Connecticut process is because I never found myself in this position — but I think it is unconscionable that he would hold up health care.”

I think I speak for quite a few readers when I say that we would like every single member of the House and Senate recalled that continues to hold small businesses and average everyday Americans hostage with their un-Constitutional mandates, bills that kill jobs and increase the deficit, and the bills that will create more wealth contraction.  Do we even have to wait until November 2010 to fire the fascists who “know better”?

For those of you that have just wandered by the Monster on accident, go read this report to see the true costs and the fact that 23.1 million Americans will still not be covered by healthcare.  You know we can’t make this crap up.

Senate Republicans, The CMS Report, And 23.1 Million Still Uninsured

Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services

The AARP officially endorsed the Senate health bill on Tuesday, giving Democrats a shot in the arm as they struggle to unite their caucus.

AARP CEO A. Barry Rand announced the group’s support in a letter to Harry Reid, tying his group’s support to Reid’s pledge to close the Medicare “doughnut hole.”

“With your commitment to closing the doughnut hole in conference, consistent with the president’s pledge, and the many positive features referenced above, AARP is pleased to support your efforts to obtain cloture, and urges timely passage of this legislation by the Senate,” Rand wrote.

And here’s a paragraph that Democrats will seize on in their attempts to beat back GOP arguments that the bill would drastically cut Medicare:

This bill will strengthen Medicare by eliminating cost barriers to preventive care, reform Medicare’s payment and delivery system to promote care coordination, and reduce hospital infections and preventable readmissions. Moreover, through critical insurance market reforms and the establishment of exchanges, this bill will give the uninsured and small businesses access to quality affordable plans. The legislation also includes important provisions to strengthen home and community-based care and to assist individuals in saving to meet future long-term care needs.