So, it appears that, with direct help from Rahm Emanuel, Joe Lieberman has managed to kill the latest version of health care reform that included a medicare buy in for some people age 55+. As far as I can tell, what’s left is a plan to force everybody to buy insurance with no provision to hold down premiums. Joe and his insurance company owners win. So, I think it’s time to just bullet in the brain of this so-called reform and give up. This is worse than doing nothing at all. I understand that Senate rules allow a minority of Senators that represent a tiny fraction of the population to have Caesar-like control of the process (unless Republicans are in the majority, in which case the rules are vastly different), so it’s time to do the only thing left – kill the bill and take your lumps at the polls in the next election. It’s time to stop protecting and apologizing for the White House. And of course it’s time to cut Lieberman loose. There’s really no point in having him caucus with the Democrats if he’s not going to vote with them. If the Republicans want him, fine. And if Connecticut wants him, good for them.