MoveOn.org Urges Members to Oppose Obamacare

Audrey Jones / December 18, 2009

This afternoon, reports surfaced of a petition to ask Senators to block the health care bill—not from the right, but from a source none other than the liberal campaign organization MoveOn.org. In an e-mail to supporters, MoveOn.org said:

But there’s enormous pressure from all sides to pass a bill quickly, no matter how weak it is…Let’s show Bernie and other progressives that we’re counting on them to block this version of the bill–and we’ll get their backs if they do.

Earlier this week, Howard Dean said, “The best thing to do right now is kill the Senate bill and go back to the House. …The vast majority of Americans want choices, they want real choices. They don’t have them in this bill. This is not health care reform and it’s not close to health care reform.” (more…)