Nelson Folds

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December 19, 2009Paul Breau
From the Washington Post:

“Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), the final Democratic holdout on health care, was prepared to announce to his caucus Saturday morning that he would support the Senate reform bill, clearing the way for final passage by Christmas.

“We’re there,” said Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), as he headed into a special meeting to announce the deal.

Democratic leaders spent days trying to hammer out a deal with Nelson, and worked late Friday night with Nelson on abortion coverage language that had proved the major stumbling block. But Nelson also secured other favors for his home state.

Asked if he was prepared to support the bill, Nelson said, “Yeah.”".

Harry Reid gave Nelson his 30 pieces of silver and he folded like a cheap suit.

The 2010 election is now officially nationalized. Every Republican needs to run on repealing this monstrosity. The benefit of the Dems playing the CBO score to hide the true cost of the bill is that spending doesn’t kick in until 2014. Once Americans get a “free” ie..someone else is footing the bill service, it’s impossible to repeal.