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 John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV, appearing on Bottom Line with George Stephanopoulos, insists that health care without the "public option" is useless, and he will not vote for it.
With Uncle David (Rockefeller) well into his 80's, Jay Rockefeller is the heir apparent to the political power wielded by the Rockefeller family. He is also a key member of the Trilateral Commission that was co-founded by his uncle in 1973.
With Obama pursuing a decidedly Marxist revolution in the U.S., why would Trilateral members be so supportive of his policies? Because they have espoused a Marxist philosophy for the last 35 years!
Following up on his This Week appearance
where he promised to fight on for the public option, Sen. Jay
Rockefeller blasted the draft bill produced by Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus: “there is no way in its present form that I vote
for it unless it changes in the amendment process by vast amounts.”
He’s not alone. Fellow Finance Committee member Ron Wyden is livid
too. Expect a rocky mark-up next week. As one top Democrat told me,
the fundamental problem is that Democrats “are being asked to support a
bipartisan bill that doesn’t have bipartisan support.” The compromise
without the cover.
Meanwhile, Republican Olympia Snowe's office just told me that the
Senator is not ready to sign on to the Baucus draft. He will introduce
it tomorrow without her support. But Snowe intends to keep negotiating
and working with Baucus through the mark-up next week.
Majority Leader Harry Reid has scheduled a special caucus on
Thursday for Democrats to discuss the Baucus bill. Should be lively.
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