The lone Republican vote

Of all the Republicans who voted on Health Care tonight, one crossed party lines to address a change that he felt was desperately needed. What makes matters even more ironic is that he has been touted as the future of the Republican party. I don’t know much about this man, but of what I do know, I wouldn’t mind some more intelligent, non whites in the Republican party.

One Republican lawmaker out of 177 crossed party lines to support the health care reform legislation offered by Democrats.

Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, the Louisiana Republican who hails from a decidedly Democratic New Orleans district, voted yea on the final passage of legislation. He joined 219 Democrats to make the final margin 220 to 215 in favor of reform’s passage.

Cao was a major (and possibly the lone) target for Democrats hoping to get even a semblance of bipartisan support for the bill. He said after the vote that he had obtained a “commitment from President Obama that he and I will work together to address the critical health care issues of Louisiana.”

Read the entire article at The Huffington Post.