They Write Letters

Thomas E. Perry:

The recent votes of Sens. Collins and Snowe were not for or against the health care bill as they would like to make you think. The vote was whether or not to debate the bill.

In other words, should we discuss, negotiate, compromise on the bill, and Snowe, Collins chose that we should do none of that with this bill. If they had prevailed, then health care reform would have been dead and they know it.

Snowe says "we have a responsibility to solve" and yet her vote says I refuse to debate it or discuss it. If you refuse to communicate, then how do you solve a problem?

Collins says the "proposal falls far short when it comes to reining in the cost of health care." Once again your vote says you refuse to debate it or discuss it. If you refuse to communicate, then how do you "rein in the cost?