Senator Joe Lieberman appeared today on Meet the Press to ruin the weekend of liberals everywhere. Or, you know, to discuss health care like the rest of the nation’s politicians and thinkers. “I don’t think anybody thinks this bill will pass as it is,” Lieberman told host David Gregory. Check out video of the Senator’s comments inside, and a response by Sen. Dick Durbin.

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When Joe Lieberman dramatically declared that he would support a GOP filibuster on the healthcare reform bill currently making its rounds in the Senate, he must have known that he’d be subjecting himself to serious criticism from some quarters. Last night, both Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow blasted Lieberman, portraying him as a pawn of the insurance industry and a traitor to his former party.