And who supported the guy Obama beat.

Yes but the issue here was that Obama had as much of a mandate as any president since LBJ and rather than strongarm Baucus/Lieberman he stupidly decided to let Congress fuck it all up

We still have Representative Richard Neal.

I don't know how anyone doesn't see a Democrat who's big endorsements in their first Senate race came from William goddamn Buckley and his brother as anything other than a fifth columnist

well, towards the end it was just (I- Insurance Lobbyists)

Also I-Israel/I-Iran Regime Change

www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/...

Really brought a lot to the 2000 ticket, didn’t he.

Agent you forgetting someone... -This is my headcanon of her since she truly is a halfwit RE public option (also RE scheduling your dental appointments to not miss important Senate votes on Don't Ask Don't Tell)

Was he against the public option because he was D-Insurance Lobbyists or D-Still Salty About Ned Lamont?

There were "River Gods" in the Connecticut Valley in the colonial era And in the 20th and 21st centuries the insurance companies have been the rulers of the Connecticut Valley (schools important too but) Sen Jay Rockefeller (WV) wanted a public option, so did Robert Menendez (NJ) but Lieberman

p.s. I don't go along with everything Cass Sunstein publishes but I am glad he's out with an updated edition of >> direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...

the day Lieberman killed the public option was so bleak

Probably didn't help that Hartford is pretty much just a bunch of Insurance companies in a trench coat. (Actually don't know if that's also true of health, but lots of property and casualty companies are based there)

It is also true of health — Aetna and Cigna come to mind first.

Tallest building in Hartford has a giant "United Healthcare" sign on it.

Kerry/Lieberman would have been interesting, and probably a nightmare