And to think that this guy was almost Obama's pick for VP.

I think that Bayh will be pleasantly surprised. The bill will get a good CBO score.

Fiscally responsible my butt. He just got Reid to lop $20 billion off the tax on medical device makers at a time when they are awash in profits. He was all smiles for a day, and now he's back to saying he may filibuster. My vote is to let these Conservadems kill the bill. They can explain their thinking to the voters. We'll come back with a better Congress and do this thing right.

This is why I think the Lieberman threat is important. It's not Lieberman per se. It's because the old saying goes in the Senate, that if you have two willing to fillibuster, it's usually 6.

Like others have said before me, Bayh will cave once the CBO score comes in. He just wants to look mavericky.

from here in indiana, it looks like the state turning blue was
just a hic-up. it will take somebody's man mitch to exit the governor's mansion when his 2 terms max out and a decisive win
for the dems in the state in 2010 for bayh to stick his finger
up to see which way the wind is blowing. he has name recognition
and is just conservative enough for the farmers down state who remember his daddy to keep voting him into any office he runs for. meanwhile he is a dino for sure, until he isn't. another liebermann who just wants to stay in washington at any price.

He's wife, Susan, sits on the board of Wellpoint. She was paid $335,000 last year to sit on their board. They own a substantial amount of stock in Wellpoint as well.