He opposes the bill because of ... "timelines."

Cry me a river.

This is one of the most important men working on one of the most important bills in U.S. history and he can't support it because of a "timeline."

Obviously, it's merely an excuse to oppose anything associated with Democrats (ie: middle class).

Of course, his excuse shouldn't surprise me. He is opposing HB 3200 (a far superior bill from a citizen's perspective) because it threatens to pull the plug on grandma.

With that one, however, someone else (Sarah Palin) came up with the excuse for him.

One more thing:

You know what the coop is: The coop is mom and dad going to the carpet store to purchase some carpet. Mom wants the Green. Dad wants to keep the old, worn carpet to save money. So they decide on the Black carpet that neither of them likes, but that costs $50 less.

In a functional marriage, mom would say to dad: "Honey. I've dreamed of having a Green carpet in my house since the Truman administration. For six decades, you've always had an excuse why we can't get a new carpet. You've said our carpet is fine. And so we've tried to make due. But our current carpet is stained, worn and staples are poking through. Jimmy fell down the other day and a staple gouged his knee. We need a new carpet and this is the one I want."

Republican Dad: "Honey that Green carpet (public option) costs too much. It's $50 more than this puke-colored carpet (coop). So we should buy the puke-colored carpet."

Mom: Listen honey. Don't you think it's a little hypocritical of you to worry about saving $50 when last year (Bush administration), you borrowed $40,000 for a Lamborgheni ($600 billion entitlement program signed by Bush); gave away all five years of our Christmas money to your wealthy friends (Bush' two tax cuts), and paid insisted that we tear down the neighbors' house (Iraq war) because you were so sure they had busted your Lamborgheni's window. Remember, we had to spend our retirement savings just to make the repairs to the neighbors' house."

Functional Dad: "Well honey. I suppose you are right. If you can figure out a way to pay for the carpet without putting it on our credit card, I will support you."

Republican Dad: "I was keeping us safe!"