Congressman Stephen Lynch- Dead to Me (posted by DT)

I'm driving to work today and on the radio I hear Stephen Lynch, a Democratic US Congressman from South Boston, say that he is voting against the Health Care Reform bill because "it doesn't cut costs enough".

Now as I see it, there are some actual legitimate substantive reasons to vote against this bill. True fiscal conservatives can reasonably argue that this bill costs money and raises taxes, and if one believes in small government above all (as many conservatives do), that's an argument to vote no.

But there are parts of this bill that address the increasing costs of health care. While one can certainly argue that it doesn't do as much as it could to cut future costs, it's not really debatable to say that it cuts costs more than the alternative. We're currently on a trajectory that is increasing government health care costs (Medicare and Medicaid) at an unsustainable rate. This bill addresses this issue. Doing nothing does not address this issue.

What is Stephen Lynch's real reason for voting no? And is anyone running against him in a primary this year?