Health care bill passes the House

[bigdoug]

So the health care bill passed the House. It still has to pass the senate.

What's not surprising is that almost every Republican voted against it. Except for one guy, a Vietnamese from New Orleans.With the exception of that lone republican, why should I even be surprised. Of course very few republicans actually give a shit about the poor, the

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[richaarde]

That one Republican would probably lose every constituent he had voting against the bill.

[bigdoug]

It's a pity too, because he seems like the smartest republican I've ever seen.

I have heard though that his district is primarily democrat though, so I think maybe he got voted in because the other guy was a complete moron, or horribly corrupt, or (since it's New Orleans) didn't do shit to fix the city.

[richaarde]

B. Horribly corrupt. I remember reading about it.