Moderate Democratic senators long have voiced reservations about the public option, the cost of overhauling the health care system and other issues. Their informal roster includes Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor , Louisiana's Mary Landrieu , Virginia's Jim Webb and Mark Warner , Montana's Jon Tester , Nebraska's Ben Nelson , Indiana's Evan Bayh , North Dakota's Kent Conrad and Byron Dorgan and Delaware's Thomas Carper .

Many said Tuesday that they weren't certain what they might do.

"I don't think we can reach any conclusions about this until we see the whole package," Conrad said.

Pryor echoed him: "I'm making no commitments until I see the bill."

While a majority of Senate Democrats are thought to favor a nationwide government-run system as one option in the health-care legislation, the moderates would prefer a more modest approach, and some have said they flatly oppose Reid's plan.

Lieberman said the opt-out plan "creates a whole new government entitlement program."

Lincoln has said she'd oppose any new government-run health care system. In addition, the two Republican moderates from Maine who sometimes side with Democrats on key votes said they wouldn't cross party lines this time.

"I don't see opt-out as any kind of compromise at all," said Sen. Susan Collins , echoing the position of Sen. Olympia Snowe .

Other key problems that Democratic centrists cited were the potential cost of the bill, and its lack of specifics.

"I want to read the details first," Bayh said. http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091027/pl_mcclatchy/3342694_1

Is asking them to pay for it now or be fined and then have to wait 3 years for it to kick in evil?

If Lieberman is going to back a filibuster, he has to lose his committee chairmanship.

Guess Where Joe Lieberman Got Some Of His Primary Funding? (UPDATED)

Sep 6th, 2006

The White House funneled millions of dollars through major Republican Party contributors to Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary campaign in a failed effort to ensure the support of the former Democrat for the Bush administration.

A senior GOP source said the money was part of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Karl Rove’s strategy to maintain a Republican majority in the Senate in November. The source said Mr. Rove, together with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman, directed leading pro-Bush contributors to donate millions of dollars to Mr. Lieberman’s campaign for re-election in Connecticut in an attempt that he would be a “Republican-leaning” senator.

“Joe Lieberman took the money but said he would not play ball,” the source said. “That doesn’t mean that this was a wasted investment.”

peaking of Health Care what ever happened to the Republican proposal that was supposed to come out back in July?

It is HR 3400. It was introduced in July. I guess the mainstream media forgot to mention it. It has 52 co sponsors
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.03400:

From what has been said on CNN and other news shows is that most contributions from the Republicans for the health care reform mess have been round filed.

The new public option presented by Reid is rumored to have had only one elected congressional official working on it Reid Its also rumored that very very few have been given the ability to even read it.

July 6 2008
What I’m saying to the people of Connecticut, I can do more for you and your families to get something done to make health care affordable, to get universal health insurance.

October 23, 2006
I’ve been working on health insurance reform for more than a dozen years. … I have offered a comprehensive program. Small business health insurance reform, plus something I call MediKids to cover all the children in America on a sliding fee basis up until the age of 25.

MediChoice to allow anybody in our country to buy into a national insurance pool like the health insurance pool that we federal employees and Members of Congress have. Medical malpractice reform.

It will cover 95% of those who are not covered now, and it will reduce the pressure on rising costs for all the millions of others.

Lieberman is more than a scumbag but the name I have for him wouldn't go over well here in the forums.

Are you channeling Rep Mark Grayson now???

By doing this it will automatically make health care cheaper and more affordable for all.

Surprised that anyone is at a lost for names for Lieberman since most in these forums seem to not hold back when it comes to people who oppose any of Obama's issues such as Health Care.

Your using rumors again so I must ask did you actually hear or read these rumors or are you starting them? Starting repeating Rumors is there really any difference?

What is a rumor?
A piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth.
Unverified information received from another; hearsay

voting to deny sick people health care is what seperates the truly evil from the rest of us.

Are you channeling Rep Mark Grayson now???