Legal Commentary

Daschle Endorses Using Reconciliation For Health Care Reform

By Big Tent Democrat

Via Media Matters, after of course saying the preference is for a "bipartisan bill," Tom Daschle said that health care reform can not be held hostage to the process and endorsed the use of reconciliation for health care reform:

Daschle is not nobody in the Obama circle. To me this is a message to Ben Nelson in particular. I think he got it too. On CNN, Nelson was talking about a public option trigger. Of course, to me the Progressive Block should continue their "tactical extremism" on a robust public option. It is working. Maybe they can save Ezra Klein's deal breakers along the way.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 06, 2009 (boomark / email).