Now it makes sense. Conservative Democrats who don't want any form of health insurance reform have devised a plan, so it seems, to make reform unpalatable to liberal/progressive wing of the Democratic Party. Sen. Nelson (D-Nebraska) will introduce an amendment to the current bill that will mirror the amendment introduced by Rep. Stupak (D-Michigan).
By taking this action, conservative Democrats seem to want to force the hand of liberal Democrats by creating a bill that they would be unwilling to support. The public option component seems too up for grabs in terms of support from the general public. But to put into the legislation stronger restrictions on federal financial support for abortion procedures effectively turns the health insurance reform issue into an abortion rights issue, thus blurring the lines regarding overall issue.
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It's impressive that--at least as of Dec. 2--WSN has NOT posted a predictable screed about how the Salahis' crashing of "POTUS's" party was inherently racist, right-wing, homophobic, etc.
--a semi-regular reader
To be honest, I could care less about those folks. I do, however, care about the fact that the security around Obama needs to be tighter than that. And thanks for reading ASRR
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