Lieberman isn't doing anything that Obama doesn't want done -- That includes stymieing public healthcare.
Obama wanted Lieberman in the chairmanship of Homeland Security Committee to do this:
Do you remember the thousands of photographs of torture and abuse that Obama pledged he would release, then flip-flopped on?:
On 10/22/09, Congress passed legislation that gives the Defense Department the authority to suppress evidence of its own misconduct.
In an unprecedented move, Congress passed legislation including an amendment which would maintain one of the most contentious hangovers of the Bush administration, allowing the Department of Defense to exempt torture photos of US detainees overseas from public access under Freedom of Information Act requests.
An amendment sponsored by Sen. Joe Lieberman, slashes a huge hole in FOIA. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) was a key figure in stopping Lieberman's photo suppression bill the first time around. Slaughter explained that this time, the provision was slipped into the Homeland Security spending bill during the conference between House and Senate negotiators -- "apparently under direct orders from the Administration."
http://www.truthout.org/1022095
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/143322/outrage:_house_sneakily_passes_bill_banning_release_of_photos_showing_detainee_abuse/
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