thing he s been dying to say since this health care bill showed up. his final words to the senate last night were, it s time to move on, which he seems very happy to be doing. yeah. i mean yes. i think that everyone there would like to move on, that this was unworkable for them in many ways although i have to say there s something kind of perverse about congratulating people for the courage to vote against this bill when, you know, it was more unpopular than nickelback or telemarketers. it took real courage to vote for this bill in some ways. i also wanted to add you did a great list of everyone we should be congratulating in the resistance, but specifically i want to say national adapt, which is the disability rights group, were the people that did the using their physical bodies as protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. you ve probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children
as protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. you ve probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children who were there to actually again show these senators and these congressmen what they were voting against in terms of lifetime caps. so people around the country really did incredible work, and i have to say disability rights activists led the way for a lot of people. so i really want to honor them tonight. that s a good point. republican house member tom cole made a point i ve been making too, which i think there was more republican opposition to it than was recorded in the vote. many of those senators wanted to be recorded as voting with their party but were hoping it didn t pass. let s listen what tom cole says. i actually think there was a number of other senators. he probably took the hit as john mccain does for several others. it was clear they weren t at 50. you know, they probably weren t at 49 q
since this health care bill showed up. his final words to the senate last night were, it s time to move on, which he seems very happy to be doing. yeah. i mean yes. i think that everyone there would like to move on, that this was unworkable for them in many ways although i have to say there s something kind of perverse about congratulating people for the courage to vote against this bill when, you know, it was more unpopular than nickelback or telemarketers. it took real courage to vote for this bill in some ways. i also wanted to add you did a great list of everyone we should be congratulating in the resistance, but specifically i want to say national adapt, which is the disability rights group, were the people that did the using their physical bodies as protest vehicles. they did protests not just in the capitol but around the country. you ve probably seen pictures of the little lobbyists, who were the mothers and their children who were there to actually again