Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said today that Democrats “have a little bit of a mess right now” with health care, but they should “go down with a little bit of a fight here” — and “hit the reset button” on the reform effort.
On CNN today, Weiner called for a reboot of the Democrats’ push for health care reform. First, he said that the Massachusetts race was “a reflection that we haven’t done this job very well.”
“We have the unholy trinity at this point,” he said, which includes Republicans who want the bill to fail, independents who are “confused” by the bill, and progressives who believe the best parts of the bill were “cast aside.”
“We have a little bit of a mess right now, so we have to hit the reset button,” said Weiner.
It’s not just enough for us here in Washington for us to circle around the sausage-making factory and talk about what compromises we’re going to make. We’ve got to talk in language the American people understand.
He also said that “Somewhere in all of the machinations here, in all of the insider deals” to get to 60 votes, they’ve “walked away from some of those popular things” in the bill, such as restoring “choice and competition with the public option.”
“We should go down with a little bit of a fight here,” he said.
He added: “And I’m sorry about that whole pig thing.”
Here’s the video:
