If Massa is so incensed about this, why doesn’t he stay in Congress until the vote? They CAN’T throw him out. Yet he’s resigning and allowing them to perhaps pass the bill in his absence.

Does Rahm Emanuel have something worth this much on Massa?

Are Massa’s transgressions in Congress such that he can’t stand to have an investigation even started for a couiple of weeks?

Why is he quitting? Why? (For all you folks who thought it was a terrible scandal when Sarah Palin resigned as Governor, this is a resignation which really matters.)

There was no single payer. So he is saying stop this bill is unpopular, but he supports and even less popular bill.

Is caving. Things looked so good earlier.

I think stupak is a phoney and is using this battle for his own personal gain

Call your member.

http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/03/the_health_care_1.php#more

today saying they would vote against without Stupak. They knew he was working a deal so they get some nice PR out of the whole thing.

Fight for federalism. The Left hates federalism because they won’t be able to steal the tax dollars of Red states nor force us into their socialist programs. If this passes and Obama signs it we must take the fight to the states. This legislation is unconstitutional and it must be fought on those grounds. Several states, most recently VA, have passed or will pass 10th Amendment legislation to nullify Obamacare. The Left will tear this country apart because conservatives will not live under a socialist state. Without conservatives and red state participation, Obamacare collapses.

I agree. Why doesn’t Massa wait a few weeks to retire?

John Fund just said this on John Batchelor’s show. Maybe Glenn Beck could hire him as a special correspondent for the next few weeks.

of it all he would have faced down the thugs and stayed for the vote. Makes no sense to push back then slink out the back door, helping the Dems to get this crap sandwich passed.

I don’t believe this guy. His ranting and raving is nothing more than covering his own butt. He’s got eight months of shenanigans, not one dumb moment at a wedding reception.

While I do believe he’s been under pressure from this administration and Rahm – this pretty much sounds like a story for his wife’s benefit.

is the “Democrats” were hijacked by the Marxists years ago and have been driving the bus toward the cliff ever since.
If the TRUE Democrats don’t start fighting back, they’ll end up like Massa.

Massa is clearly under pressure, but I doubt if any of us know exactly what that pressure is. The remarks he reportedly made at the wedding dinner were coarse and vulgar, but if “messing (the staffer’s) hair” was his only physical contact, I can’t see a ‘sexual harassment’ charge sticking (unless there was a cumulative impact or prior history).

But he did say, in effect, “they can get someone to say anything…” which implies a threat of some other, false but serious, allegation, that he’s unable to disprove, or possibly a threat of public disclosure or allegation about a family member.

The point is, we don’t have a clear picture of why he’s taking a walk; he must have a reason, and it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s actually guilty of anything lurid. If it is a flat-out extortion, I hope his appearance on Beck tomorrow exposes the Administration’s entire parade of horribles. What a fine bunch of thoroughbreds!

Massa is already being characterized as a bufoon by the left. He is ranting and raving, and going on Beck tommorrow. Who knows the full extent of the allegations against him, and why did he not stay and vote NO. Based upon prior political rep history, it would not surprise me if he has a skeleton or two in his closet….who doesn’t?

Kucinich was on Countdown, sans Obermann and with O’Donnell tonight, and the guy appears dead set against the deal. That raised his status in my mind.

My absolute disgust with the left and the media grows exponentially daily. Listening to Obama ad nauseum in perpetual Campaign mode pushing the Health Care agenda despite the screaming protests of the people is gonna induce some projectile vomiting on my part in short order.

Break out the KY jelly, because we are going to get Obamacare rammed up our collective behinds. I am definitely no fan of big Insurance, and I definitely support healthcare reform….this is NOT the way to fix it. Repeal Obamacare and take back our Govt. are definitely going to be on the Rep agenda for Nov.

We all know that the Obama administration is trying to ram government health care down our throats and is planning to use the rate increases applied for by Blue Cross/Anthem in California to justify their position that government control is needed. This is untrue for several reasons, but the rate increase asked for in California is largely due to having to shift the cost of health care for illegal immigrants to people who DO have insurance.

Very few people have an understanding of how insurance companies work. Theoretically there are “uninsured” people in the USA, but in actuality, everyone’s health care is paid for or the hospitals would have to close their doors! The very poor have Medicaid which is the government health insurance and the illegal aliens use it by having an anchor baby who is a US citizen at birth. The baby is then used to qualify for welfare benefits and Medicaid and it is automatically granted to underage US citizens. The illegal aliens along with those who choose not to buy health insurance are covered by what is known as “cost shifting”.

Cost shifting is the process by which hospital bill the insurance of covered people for the cost of their care AND THE CARE OF THE UNINSURED. Do you really think that two aspirin cost the hospital $30 to provide? Of course not!! The $30 pays for the aspirin and the care of the uninsured. The hospitals shift the cost of the care of the uninsured onto the bills of those of us who DO have insurance—if they didn’t do this, they would have to close their doors since they are legally required to provide care for any sick person or emergency. NO ONE in America is denied health care because of inability to pay because they either have Medicaid, health insurance or the cost of the care is shifted to the insured. It’s been going on forever and worst of all, the illegal aliens know that they cannot be denied care in an EMERGENCY ROOM so they use ERs as their primary physician which is horrendously expensive. Hospitals routinely deny that they are shifting the cost to the insured people, but they are. Just from a business standpoint, they MUST in order to remain open and provide care—and Medicaid is also billed through cost shifting.

To bring down costs, we need to change the incentives that govern spending:
* Right now, $5 out of every $6 of health-care spending is paid for by someone other than the person receiving care — insurance companies, employers, or the government.
* Individuals are insulated from the reality of what their decisions cost.
* This breeds overutilization of low-value health care and runaway spending.

To reduce the growth of costs, individuals must take greater responsibility for their health care, and health insurers and health care providers must face the competitive forces of the market. Three policy changes will go a long way to achieving these objectives:
* Eliminate the tax code’s bias that favors health insurance over out-of-pocket spending.
* Remove state-government barriers to purchasing and providing health services.
* Reform medical malpractice laws.

I intend to drop a bill in the hopper immediately after being sworn in that will repeal Obama-care if it should manage to become law before the election. It will be my very first act as your Representative and then I will work towards a sensible set of insurance reforms.

He is leaving because whatever thugs dug up this bit of gossip on him probably are holding a lot more dirty secrets. The Chicago Mob just doin’ its thing. That should send a message loud and clear to the other doubters to “get outta the way or get out.” The essential sleaziness of this gang of political gorillas is getting clearer every day.

If Massa did the crime, he should go. (Even if I have never known a Dem to turn against one of their own, no matter how corrupt or immoral, unless that person was a thorn in their side. The Dems don’t even believe in the concept of morality with regard to human behavior.) He is a gutsy guy for giving it to them, in spades, before he left.

A few years back, when the GOP held the Senate and the Dems were blocking judicial nominees at all levels, the Republicans thought long and hard about using the “nuclear option.” They decided not to do so. At the time a friend of mine was rooting for the 51-49 gambit and I warned her that it would be a grave mistake. We won’t be in power forever, and if we use it, then the Dems will use it. We won’t like it then.
The Republicans had the sense to back off, but these left-wing Fringe-ers who are now occupying the summits of power don’t have any common sense. They are so full of themselves, of their superior vision and selflessness, always pontificating and posing. The Poser in Chief wants to say he passed health care and he doesn’t care about the results. Because Massa is right — the use of the nuclear option will lead to enormous political instability in this country. I can see a nationwide movement to repeal this act of treachery, by 51 votes if necessary. So the pendulum will swing every wider.

http://www.opencongress.org/people/voting_history/412299_Eric_Massa?q=h.r.3590&submit.x=34&submit.y=12&submit=Search

Eric Massa voted FOR the health care bill on November 7th 2009!!

the Senate bill. In his interview with O’Donnell, he plainly contradicts everything Obama said yesterday about how this bill will stick it to the insurance companies. Kucinich says it’s a giveaway to the insurance companies.

I have been telling you people since 2008 that it is a done deal. The Democrats” are begging Pelosi “to back down”. Why do they have to beg her? They can vote “No”. The answer is simple . They are going to vote the way Peslosi tells them to vote. Something else is going on with Massa. The vote is scheduled for March 18th, Massa could hold on to then. They have been investigating Rangel for a year and he has not been forced to resign. Of course ,Rangel is for the Bill,People get the Government they deserve and you are seeing the result of the voters being gullible,misinformed and un-uninformed and twenty years of Apathy. Just stick a fork in it and bend over because it is a done deal.