Sen. Lieberman is literally in bed with the drug lobby. He has long been known to cultivate the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, which provide huge contributions to his campaign fund. This serial opportunist is holding health care reform hostage in the Senate, and it is now very clear that president Obama shielding him from political retribution after his high-profile criticism of the then President-elect Barack Obama, and his support of Sen. John McCain during the presidential campaign, was a big, big mistake. [ READ MORE HERE ]

Reference: [ 10/28/2009 ] Media should opt out of forwarding Lieberman’s dubious public option claims — Media outlets continue to uncritically report Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-CT) statement that he will oppose cloture for the Senate health care reform bill because he believes the opt-out public option provision Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said will be included in the bill would increase the national debt and burden the taxpayers. However, while Reid’s bill has not yet been released, every proposed bill with a public option thus far has required that those who enroll in the plan cover its costs through premiums, rather than have the plans be paid for through federal revenues. [ READ MORE ]

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