Opening up Medicare isn’t the only issue Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) seems to have flip-flopped on lately. In 1995, he joined Tom Harkin (D-IA)–one of the most ardent supporters of reform in the Senate–in a call to end the modern filibuster. Today, Lieberman is threatening just such a filibuster on a major health care reform bill, which could easily kill the initiative altogether.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=133400