Representative John Boccieri, OH-16, announced yesterday that he will be voting for the health care bill when it comes up for a vote on Sunday. Previously he had voted against the health care bill when it came up for a vote last fall. Since then, there have been changes made to the bill in the Senate that addressed concerns that Boccieri had regarding the cost of the bill.
In the last week, several Democratic representatives who had voted against the health care bill have announced that they are now supporting the health care bill. This group includes Dennis Kucinich as well as Representative Boccieri.
Readers of this blog know that we were critical of Boccieri's "no" vote on health care reform last fall. We are very happy that he has decided to vote "yes" on Sunday. We realize that he will be criticized for this vote from opponents of health care reform,and we realize that voting for the health care bill will result in Boccieri being subjected to right-wing vilification. We are confident, though, that when the final returns come in next November that he will be re-elected, in part because he did the right thing on health care.
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He got my vote back. Yes, he may lose some right wings but gained "back" his left wings. He did the right thing ans showed he gave it careful consideration. In the end I think he came out smelling like a rose again.
Loretta
He got my vote too.
What a lot of people don't realize is that a lot of socialist programs are run by corporations. Some examples are fire insurance, car insurance,and healthcare insurance. I have paid into fire insurance for many years but I never collected, thank God but others have.I don't have a fear of government social programs but I do have a fear of corporate programs. One reason is, I can't vote a CEO out office but I can vote a government elected official out of office.
Earl
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