Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says he is moving in the direction of voting "yes" for the Senate's version for the health care bill, as long as the public option and Medicare buy-in are left out. The independent Senator's vote is important because his is one of the last of the 60 votes needed to pass the bill in the Senate, as no Republicans are voting for it. Lieberman says that he has wanted health care reform all along, but that he isn't willing to risk a government takeover of the system and raising taxes by voting in favor of a public option. Read more at http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/12/15/lieberman-moving-towards-a-yes-vote/ All this comes on the same day that President Obama claimed that the Senate was "on the precipice" of passing the health care reform bill. It's hard to believe that this bill is actually close to being passed. It sure would be a tragedy if at the last minute something stopped it from going through. Lieberman has that kind of power, and his vote is enormously important. No pressure Joe.
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