Psst, Teabaggers, HCR soooo "socialist" that...

[usregimechange]

Sector Snap: Health insurers surge after key vote

NEW YORK – Shares of health insurance providers leaped Monday after a key Senate vote on the country's health care overhaul put legislation on track for passage before Christmas.

Shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday, 60 senators voted to shut down a threatened Republican filibuster on a health care reform bill. The Senate bill would make health insurance mandatory for nearly everyone, covering 30 million currently uninsured Americans. A final vote in the Senate is expected by Christmas Eve.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_bi_ge/us_managed_care_sector_snap_1

[underpants]

1. The insurance companies actually claimed victory

Morning Joe was nothing but how great this was for the insurance companies "who never spent a dime on lobbying" as Joe himself said
Mike Allen of Politico was there, of course, to set up the whole narrative

[SutaUvaca]

2. "...never spent a dime..." I guess not

since they wouldn't go to work with anything smaller than a Cleveland in their wallet.