Just call Henry Waxman, Captain Smith.

ObamaCare is starting to resemble the Titanic, minus the lifeboats and Leo DiCaprio.

Angered by what they consider lying and double-dealing, the Blue Dog Democrats have seemingly started a mutiny of their own that threatens to scuttle the entire House health care package. Or at the very least, bottle it up in committee and keep it from a full vote before the August recess, in spite of what Pelosi has been saying about getting a full House vote on it next week.

From TheHill.com (Hat Tip – ASPF):

The seven Blue Dogs on the Energy and Commerce Committee stormed out of a Friday meeting with their committee chairman, Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), saying Waxman had been negotiating in bad faith over a number of provisions Blue Dogs demanded be changed in the stalled healthcare bill.

“I’ve been lied to,” Blue Dog Coalition Co-Chairman Charlie Melancon (D-La.) said on Friday. “We have not had legitimate negotiations.

“Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America,” Melancon said.

Although those Blue Dogs were supposed to be headed back into another meeting of the Energy and Commerce Democrats, their anger was visible.

If the two sides cannot reach an agreement, the only hope for passage of the bill in the House will be to go straight to the floor, an option leaders shied away from endorsing but said was an option.

StopTheACLU asks, “Should We Dare Pelosi to Bring Obamacare to a Vote?”

On one hand, there is victory not to have the vote before the recess. On the other hand, a vote that defeats the bill would be an even better setback. Should we call their bluff, or is Pelosi’s confidence for real?

Maybe these Blue Dogs are starting to live up to their name. At the very least they are getting a good taste of how megalomaniacs like Pelosi and Waxman rule their private little fiefdoms.

We shall see.

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