As a long time supporter of systemic health reform I find this heartening:
Democrats will finish their health reform efforts within the next two months by using a majority-vote maneuver in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said.
Reid said that congressional Democrats would likely opt for a procedural tactic in the Senate allowing the upper chamber to make final changes to its healthcare bill with only a simple majority of senators, instead of the 60 it takes to normally end a filibuster.
via Reid: Dems will use 50-vote tactic to finish healthcare in 60 days – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room.
I just hope it’s not yet another Charlie Brown getting the football yanked away type moment. The would benefit electorally from actually getting something substantive done.
There’s been a profound sense of disappointment in the Obama Administration’s inability to do what they promised. The effort has lacked leadership from the White House. This needs to change. He needs to get in there and twist arms and apply leverage to his own caucus to get them lined up behind the legislative agenda.
