Joe Lieberman Backed the Iraq War and Opposed the Public Option

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The Lever's David Sirota declared, "RIP Joe Lieberman, Iraq War cheerleader who led the fight to make sure Medicare was not extended to millions of Americans who desperately needed the kind of healthcare coverage he enjoyed in the Senate.
25% : As Warren Gunnels, majority staff director for Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), explained, "Joe Lieberman led the effort to ensure the Affordable Care Act did not include a public option or a reduction in the Medicare eligibility age to 55."Noting that Lieberman also lied about the presence of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) in Iraq -- which was used to justify the 2003 U.S. invasion -- Gunnels asked, "How many people unnecessarily died as a result?"He was far from alone in highlighting the two defining positions.

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