Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told Neil Cavuto on Fox News a few minutes ago that not only does he not support the Senate Finance Committee’s health care reform bill — but that there are moderate Democrats who also may not.
“A lot of individual colleagues in the Democratic caucus have big questions about this,” the former Democratic vice presidential nominee said. “So this isn’t over by any means.”
Don Imus asked Lieberman yesterday whether he supported the Baucus bill — before the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 to pass it — and Lieberman said no. He reaffirmed that stance today.
“When I was asked yesterday, could I support the Finance Committee bill as it is, I said no. And I gotta tell you, I don’t think I’m alone. I think there are other moderate Democrats who have a lot of questions about the bill.”
Cavuto also brought up the prospect of Democrats passing health care reform through a 51-vote reconciliaition process.
“I think it would be a mistake,” Lieberman said. “I also think it would really explode any hope of bipartisan cooperation for the rest of this session of Congress.”
