Rep. Dan Maffei of N.Y. Goes From Undecided to 'Yes'

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11:22 AM, Mar 16, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

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Rep. Dan Maffei of Syracuse voted for the House health-care bill, but was none too fond of the Senate bill as recently as March 8:

"I will trust the president, but I will not trust the Senate," Maffei said. "The Senate bill, in my view, burns the village in order to save it. I will say, however, the president's direct involvement gives me hope they will come up with a compromise."

Today:

“I’m proud to support this legislation, because it is going to expand coverage, lower costs and finally stop so many of the unfair practices insurance companies have been using for too long," Maffei said. "While reform process isn’t pretty, we’ve debated this bill long enough. In fact, we’ve talked about reforming health care for decades. Doing nothing is no longer an option.”

To be fair, who among us has not been "proud" to "burn a village" every now and then?