In a scrum with reporters just now, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) was asked how strong his commitment to filibustering any health care reform public option really is. Asked if he saw any “wiggle room” on his pledge — say, a trigger for example — Lieberman said he’ll stand firm.
“I don’t feel like wiggling,” he said.
Lieberman has stated his disdain for a trigger option before. And today he showed how inflexible on the compromise public option, which would kick in (or be “triggered”) only if certain conditions in the private market were not met.
The “wiggle” question was the only one Lieberman took on health care at the scrum, which was mainly focused on the chances of climate change legislation in the Senate.
