McCain: Ted Kennedy Would Be Disappointed Health Care Bill Not Bipartisan

[Mass]

He may be correct, but guess who he would have blamed?

http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/12/mccain-ted-kennedy-would-be-disappointed-health-care-bill-not-bipartisan.php?ref=fpb (video at link)

en. John McCain (R-AZ) said today that he didn't think the late Sen. Ted Kennedy would appreciate that health care reform was passed "on a party line vote."

McCain slammed the Senate bill because "there has never been a major reform accomplished in the history of this country that wasn't bipartisan."

He also said: "Senator Kennedy would appreciate the outcome. I don't think he would appreciate it on a party line vote."

All of the negotiations and efforts that I made with him, we never engaged in this kind of unsavory process of offering people different deals, which in the end cost people from other states lots of money and puts burdens on them.

[Tansy_Gold]

1. Ted Kennedy would be disappointed this piece of crap

was the "best" his colleagues in the senate could come up with.


TG

[karynnj]

14. Vicki said that he would have voted for it - I assume she knows better

She thought it was a good step.

[Mass]

27. Somehow, I do not think this is what McCain was alluding to.

This asshole spew his venom on the Senate floor and complains the bill is not bi-partisan. Seriously?

Who is forcing Byrd, sick and in his 90s, to come to vote at 1:00 am?

[Forkboy]

2. And I'm disappointed Kennedy died first.

We all have our defeats in life, Johnny.

[Laelth]

3. Now, that's the height of arrogance.

John McCain has no business telling anyone what Ted Kennedy would want.

Kill the bill.

Forcing people to buy insurance is no more the answer to a failed health care system than forcing people to buy houses is the solution to homelessness.

:dem:

-Laelth

[DrToast]

9. Yep, he's basically calling his wife a liar.*

*

[graywarrior]

4. Yeah, dig up a dead Kennedy and throw him in our faces.

[hobbit709]

5. Well Johnny, you could have done the right thing instead of posturing

But NO.

[Jamastiene]

6. You snooze, you lose, Republicans.

The Republicans didn't lift a damn finger to try to legislate (thankfully).

All they did was bullshit, waste time, obstruct, and pray for one of our senators to freaking die.

As much as I hate some of the discriminatory provisions in this bill, lazy, sorry, good for nothing Republicans, who whine about it after the fact, can kiss my lesbian ass.

[CitizenLeft]

21. absolutely!

As much as I hate some of the discriminatory provisions in this bill, lazy, sorry, good for nothing Republicans, who whine about it after the fact, can kiss my lesbian ass.

:applause:

[DrToast]

7. And whose fault is that, dicknose?

[NJmaverick]

8. What a horrible thing for McCain to say

Our president extended his hand multiple times to the GOP and all he got for his efforts was a bloody stump.

Now McCain, part of the party of NO, has the balls to blame someone other than his own party?!?!? Thank God this creep wasn't elected President.

[DrToast]

10. Well, McCain is a horrible man.*

[DrToast]

11. It was bi-partisan. Bernie Sanders voted for it

:)

[karynnj]

15. Tri partisan - The only CT for Lieberman Senator voted for it too

[TwilightGardener]

12. Well, McCrazy could always support it and vote for it, and then it would

be bipartisan. But that would mean bucking the Republican tradition of obstruction and politics-first.

[Ozymanithrax]

13. Ted Kennedy would be happy and would have voted for this bill.

John "Palin is qualified to be President" McCain is an idiot.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. hmm Not bi-partisan, huh? Well, golly who did NOT vote for it?

and who fought against any kind of meaningful reform every step of the way....since before the summer????

Gee, who was that, anyway?

:mad: :puke: :crazy: :silly:

[ChicagoSuz219]

17. I'm embarrassed that not even one Republican had the cojones...

...to buck their party & do the right thing! Shame on them all!!

[Happyhippychick]

18. John, I have a special holiday message just for you.

SHUT THE FUCK UP

Love,
HHC

[zulchzulu]

19. Johnny Songbird now can "hear" voices from the dead...

His ever-increasing talents amaze some people.

[xultar]

20. Some one shut this corpse the fuck up

[Tippy]

22. And who's fault is that ....Senator McCain?

You could have brought your side to the table but the fact is, what you wanted more than anything was for Obama to fail, you knew Health Care needed to be reformed...for Republicans it was never about HCR...it was about tacking care of the Industry so they could keep you in office....And the biggest reason was your hatred...You and your fellow Republican's across the Country want him to fail, you want him to fail so badly you would do and say despicable things, to get your way and to keep your base pumped...Even telling the elderly Obama wanted to Kill Grandma...You LIE Senator...So please do yourself a favor, please do not tell us what you think "Senator Kennedy" would say. You have no right to invoke his name...for any dam reason...Your not good enough to shine his shoes....

[ClarkUSA]

23. McCain is such a class act.

:puke:

[CitizenLeft]

24. saw him talking his bullshit last night.

tough noogies, asshole.

And that goes for Lindsey Graham, too, whining about Democrats "walking all over" Republicans. This is the same prick who was a House "manager" for Clinton's impeachment. So in the famous words of their hero Dick Cheney: f*** you.

[Phx_Dem]

25. If you think that, McCain, then you didn't know Ted.

Your bitterness is showing again.

[WhiteTara]

26. That man should be in the circus

he is a clown. Not bipartisan? Would that be cause that asshole didn't vote for it? Along with every other repuke? Not bipartisan? :rofl:

And he's right, Teddy would have been disappointed that it was such a weak willy of a bill.

[Cass]

28. What a disingenuous jerk. No one stopped republicans from voting for it.

The public option was stripped out, the medicare buy-in was stripped out and a bunch of republican-backed proposals were inserted in the bill yet not one of them voted for it anyway.

McCain can go pound sand. How dare he invoke Ted Kennedy's name like this when he knows damn well no republican would ever vote for this bill under any circumstances because politics is more important to these slimes than the needs of the American people.

:grr:

edit for a typo and also to point out the quote in my sig-line, it is very appropriate right now.