Legal Commentary

Ben Nelson Will Filibuster Without Stupak

By Big Tent Democrat

Jed Lewison asks an interesting question:

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) said on Thursday won't vote for the Senate's healthcare bill unless further changes are made. Nelson said that modifications to the bill, including provisions to curtail federal support for plans covering abortion, are needed to win his vote.[. . ."]I will not vote for cloture on the motion to end debate," Nelson said in an interview on KLIN radio in Nebraska.

So here's a question: Will the White House come down as hard on Ben Nelson as they have on Howard Dean?

(Emphasis supplied.) "As hard." Heh. Anyway, I think it is really time to consider scrapping the exchanges in order to solve this problem. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the crappy.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 17, 2009 (boomark / email).