The grumbling from liberals started weeks ago on the direction of health care reform in the Senate. It went away for a little while, but now there are prominent voices in the Democratic Party who have a simple message: "Kill the Senate Bill."
That was also the message from Tea Party protestors who gathered across the street from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon, chanting "Kill the Bill" in hopes of changing some minds.
But this is not about those opponents of health care reform.
Rather, this is about a prime supporter of reform, who has now decided that without a public option and without a Medicare buy-in, the bill is not worth supporting.
"This is essentially the collapse of health care reform in the United States Senate," said Howard Dean, the former Governor of Vermont.
"Honestly the best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill, go back to the House, start the reconciliation process, where you only need 51 votes and it would be a much simpler bill," Dean told Vermont Public Radio.
SOURCE: Jamie Dupree
