Our state's veteran Senator Jeff Bingaman is in a privileged position in key committees. Right now, he's one of the six Finance Committee members who have been meeting daily to try to work out a bipartisan version of the health bill.
So, why is it that in his most recent update to his constituents he only talks about the health pork he's obtained for us, and not his vital role in bringing health care reform to all of us?
The suspicion rises that it's because he's busy selling us out, and the liberal mobilization groups have been agitating for me to call and put pressure on him.
Following up, I checked his website for his position on health care It turns out that he has a fairly orthodox liberal position on the health care reform bill, and is strongly in favor of the public option (unlike the other two Dems in the secret panel, Committee Chairman Baucus--reputedly the Senator receiving the most contributions from the insurance industry--and "give us co-ops or give us death" Kent Conrad).
What is he up to, and why doesn't he come clean to us about it? If I were him, I'd be seriously thinking about walking out and denouncing the effort as a fraud being perpetrated on the American people.
I'm sure he's just trying to get the best, most probable, favorable outcome, but I don't think that crew is going to allow it to come out.
http://bingaman.senate.gov/policy/20090619-01.cfm
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