Comments on: Why is Evan Bayh ignoring his constituents on health care?

By: Midterm Election Stepchild Speaks! « The Dame Truth

Midterm Election Stepchild Speaks! « The Dame Truth — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:35:01 +0000

[...] know it’s severe when CNN, eternal lapdog of the DNC, reports the fact that Evan Bayh’s wife, Susan, sits on the board of directors of WellPoint, the largest for-profit health insurance company in the nation – a seat she received shortly after [...]

By: libtree09

libtree09 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:00 +0000

Maddow reported that Bayh make this statement when contacted: he says his position is not same as Lieberman’s, and he would NOT filibuster health reform. He “can’t think of a set of circumstances that he’d vote against cloture.”

By: E.D. Kain

E.D. Kain — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:37:35 +0000

This is very helpful stuff, Rick. Thanks!

By: Rick Ungar

Rick Ungar — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:27:09 +0000

What I’m hearing is that he has agreed to vote to let the bill go to the floor for debate. That does not mean he won’t ultimately vote to filibuster the vote on the bill.

By: libtree09

libtree09 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:05:46 +0000

I just heard Bayh has backed down…someone dropped the hammer on him, maybe the idea of people looking into his wife’s position.

By: Rick Ungar

Rick Ungar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:39:33 +0000

That’s what I’m talking about. Even if he is on the ‘up and up’, you certainly have good reason to be suspicious. This kind of conflict really is inexcusable.

By: candleglow

candleglow — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:50:39 +0000

I live in Indiana and there will never be any doubt in my mind that Evan Bayh is voting his income interests. I strongly believe there should be some sort of Ethics investigation related to his “sleeping with the enemy.”

By: libtree09

libtree09 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:26 +0000

He should be toast.

Let’s hope that progressives jump all over this guy. This is corruption and a huge problem in the Senate, it would be interesting to examine what his wife’s job is, is she paid more than others in her job? What are her qualifications for the job? Had she previous experience in health care? What is Bayh’s voting record on health care issues.

I’m for making an example of any Government officials who partake in this sort of conflict of interest.