http://washingtonindependent.com/67420/ben-nelson-a-man-of-the-people National News in Context Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/67420/ben-nelson-a-man-of-the-people/comment-page-1#comment-133683 brendanm Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:31:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=67420#comment-133683 You're a generous man, Mike Lillis. Even if one accepts your premise, that the manner in which Nelson has conducted his opposition to significant reform extremely dishonest and unethical is hardly debatable. When one claims principled opposition to status quo language on abortion in the Senate bill but then suggests that those principles could be set aside if the public option is gutted/insurance companies' profits are protected or even padded, I find that repulsive. You're a generous man, Mike Lillis. Even if one accepts your premise, that the manner in which Nelson has conducted his opposition to significant reform extremely dishonest and unethical is hardly debatable. When one claims principled opposition to status quo language on abortion in the Senate bill but then suggests that those principles could be set aside if the public option is gutted/insurance companies' profits are protected or even padded, I find that repulsive.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/67420/ben-nelson-a-man-of-the-people/comment-page-1#comment-108602 brendanm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=67420#comment-108602 You're a generous man, Mike Lillis. Even if one accepts your premise, that the manner in which Nelson has conducted his opposition to significant reform extremely dishonest and unethical is hardly debatable. When one claims principled opposition to status quo language on abortion in the Senate bill but then suggests that those principles could be set aside if the public option is gutted/insurance companies' profits are protected or even padded, I find that repulsive. You're a generous man, Mike Lillis. Even if one accepts your premise, that the manner in which Nelson has conducted his opposition to significant reform extremely dishonest and unethical is hardly debatable. When one claims principled opposition to status quo language on abortion in the Senate bill but then suggests that those principles could be set aside if the public option is gutted/insurance companies' profits are protected or even padded, I find that repulsive.

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