In a Farewell Speech, Lieberman Reflects on His Political Journey

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/nyregion/lieberman-in-senate-farewell-speech-reflects-on-his-political-journey.html?_r=0

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From: barry levine 
Date: Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:53 AM
Subject: re: In a Farewell Speech, Lieberman Reflects on His Political Journey
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:

   Save the schmaltz for his obit; Joe Lieberman ain't dead yet.  On this occasion of his departure from the U.S. Senate, we need to take account of his signature achievement. This is the man who defeated the Public Option, preferring to keep the big Insurance Companies in charge of our health care.    

   And so in the twenty-first century, insurance companies control ever more of America's wealth and political influence, while Americans pay more than any ever has since the invention of money for health care, while achieving less than nations that pay a fraction as much.

Barry Haskell Levine