Lieberman, self-serving hypocrite extraordinaire, backs away from health-care reform

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Joe Lieberman got what he wanted on health-care reform, with Democrats caving to his demands, but now, yesterday, reading the polls in Massachusetts, gearing up for a Brown victory, he backed away from the bill crafted for his approval. And all because there is significant opposition among independents to reform (even though, once people actually understand what's in the bill, they're overwhelmingly for it).

Think Progress:

Lieberman's effort to align with "independents" and distance himself from "what's happening in Washington" is highly disingenuous. After all, the Senator ignored the wishes of his constituents -- who had approved a statewide public health insurance system with a public option in 2009 -- and vowed to filibuster any reform bill that included a public plan or a Medicare buy-in for younger Americans. His refusal to compromise with Democrats stripped the Senate bill of its most popular provisions.

There's just no pleasing him, I've written, and he'll always find some excuse to put himself before everything else.

Is it any wonder the people of his own state can't stand him?