In the midst of all the outrage against the Senate health care monstrosity, we should remember that women are not the only demographic getting thrown under the bus.

And he’s not beneath using the ghost of Ted Kennedy to get it.

Lieberman takes great pains to describe a situation where he received almost no pressure from the White House or leadership, except to eventually pass some bill. The president did not lean on Joe to agree to include some form or public option or Medicare buy-in.

Al Franken, like many junior Senators, has to spend some time in the chair of the President of the Senate. He did so today when Joe Lieberman gave a long speech on the Senate floor about health care. Lieberman initially asked for 10 minutes, and the Senator reached that mark, and Franken, as per Senate procedure, let him know. . .

This time (not for the first time, and probably not for the last time), it is Joe who gets to play Lucy. And, again, we are not wanting for Charlie Browns.

Mika Brzezinski I won’t name names, but I heard it from several people in the Administration: Howard Dean, very not pleased, with Dr. Dean speaking out about health care reform and this plan.

Savannah Guthrie: Yeah, very irritated. Yes, isn’t it fascinating they don’t seem to be too angry at Lieberman, they’re reserving their fervor for Howard Dean, but actually, one senior official who I talked to this morning paid the highest insult which was to call him irrelevant to the entire health care debate.

Sam Stein reports White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs suggested that the President has been as insistent that Joe Lieberman make concessions for the team as he’s been with liberals. Huh.

Lieberman, as the Washington Post’s Ezra Klein put it, “seems primarily motivated by torturing liberals.”

The Village comes forth to defend their Lieberman, a true Village hero.

Joe Lieberman – putting the “dick” in “vindictive”.