He’s been a stalwart opponent from the left of the health care reform legislation, and to date he’s been a firm “no” vote. In fact, here’s what his spokesman said yesterday:

With President Obama today campaigning for health reform in Dennis Kucinich’s congressional district, Kucinich’s office reiterated to First Read that “he is a firm no,” according to spokesman Nathan White.

Kucinich himself wrote an op-ed in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer blasting the legislation:

“President Barack Obama is in northern Ohio on Monday to campaign for his health care plan, and I will be here to welcome him. I have met with the president three times to discuss how we can work together to address the serious deficiencies in our health care system. Even at this late date, I am hopeful that the White House will be able to reinstate key reforms that passed the Education and Labor Committee on which I serve.

“Unfortunately, the president’s plan, as it currently stands, leaves patients financially vulnerable to insurance companies. It requires all Americans to buy private health insurance policies, while failing to ensure those policies do what they are supposed to do — protect people from financial catastrophe caused by injury or illness. …

“Absent a strong public option or legal protection for states that wish to pursue single payer, the bill that the president is proposing is a step in the wrong direction. Even with the few modest improvements in the bill, the insurance companies will still have dozens of loopholes to deny care and continue to find ways to leave Americans with the unpayable bill.”

So according to Kucinich’s recent op-ed, Obama’s plan leaves Americans vulnerable to insurance companies and “is a step in the wrong direction”.

Which brings us to tomorrow’s announcement. How, in the name of all that is holy, will Kucinich do a complete 180 on the same legislation within a 48-hour period?

He’s announcing his vote on the same legislation that he was a “firm no” on yesterday because it’s “a step in the wrong direction” and “leaves patients financially vulnerable to insurance companies”. Either he’s going to reaffirm his no vote or the flip-flopping with be epic.

Via HAH.