Joe Lieberman is the man of the hour. But though he’s threatening to filibuster the Democrats’ health care bill, he did not speak at an impromptu caucus meeting on the legislation this evening. Perhaps that’s because he appears to have won this round: The Medicare buy-in–the key feature of a public option compromise reached tentatively last week–is now being discussed in the past tense by some of its most ardent proponents.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=133356