Sometimes, they’re honest, such as in this interview with Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison:
WURZER: Politics is the art of compromise.
REP. ELLISON: It is.
WURZER: So how are you all gonna compromise?
REP. ELLISON: Most of us are co-authors of HR676, which is a single-payer bill so we feel like we’ve already compromised. I think that the reality is the public option has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office as saving $150 billion, so this actually helps deal with the fiscal responsibility issues…It offers choice, which is a good thing…
ESKOLA: Isn’t the public option really just a step towards the single payer that you want so much?
REP. ELLISON: Yes but the reality is that for many people that’s not what it is.
H/T: Hot Air
September 8th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
More of the same:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndStT6c93rc