Barack Obama calls tonight "history." AFL-CIO calls it a "great step forward." SEIU calls it "courage."
Here's the note I just sent to our Progressive Change Campaign Committee team:
Tonight was the opposite of a "bold progressive" night. With a huge majority in the House, a vote with only 219 Dems should have been because progressives pushed this bill to the limit. Instead, it was watered-down, watered-down, watered-down. And still, only 219 Dems. This is why we fight. We need to change this.
We need to elect more bold progressives to Congress. No more lame Democrats.
If you haven't yet signed up to stay in the loop with the PCCC, now's the time. 2010 will be our year.
Dems who voted against health care reform, courtesy of my colleague Michael Snook and Doctormatt06. Remember them:
1. Adler (NJ)
2. Altmire
3. Baird
4. Barrow
5. Boccieri
6. Boren
7. Boucher
8. Boyd
9. Bright
10. Chandler
11. Childers
12. Davis (AL)
13. Davis (TN)
14. Edwards (TX)
15. Gordon (TN)
16. Griffith
17. Herseth Sandlin
18. Holden
19. Kissell
20. Kosmas
21. Kratovil
22. Kucinich
23. Markey (CO)
24. Marshall
25. Massa
26. Matheson
27. McIntyre
28. McMahon
29. Melancon
30. Minnick
31. Murphy (NY)
32. Nye
33. Peterson
34. Ross
35. Shuler
36. Skelton
37. Tanner
38. Taylor
39. Teague
Full vote count here.
Again, if you haven't yet signed up to stay in the loop with the PCCC, now's the time.