LANDRIEU: HEALTH REFORM 'ON LIFE SUPPORT'

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Moderate Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said the comprehensive health-care bill is "on life support" and criticized President Obama for not laying out a clear path to pass it in his State of the Union address.

Asked for a status report on the bill, she said "I think it's on life support, unfortunately. But it still has a pulse. And I think the president's suggestion about a cooling off period, short cooling off period, might be good to give us a chance to sort of reorganize and reorder."

Landrieu said she remained committed to passing health care reform if it's "done the right way." But she says that would not include a fast track procedure called reconciliation which Republicans and some moderate Democrats oppose. "There's not an appetite to pass much at all--if anything--through reconciliation."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/201...28/2188267.aspx

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Moderate Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) said the comprehensive health-care bill is "on life support" and criticized President Obama for not laying out a clear path to pass it in his State of the Union address.

Asked for a status report on the bill, she said "I think it's on life support, unfortunately. But it still has a pulse. And I think the president's suggestion about a cooling off period, short cooling off period, might be good to give us a chance to sort of reorganize and reorder."

Landrieu said she remained committed to passing health care reform if it's "done the right way." But she says that would not include a fast track procedure called reconciliation which Republicans and some moderate Democrats oppose. "There's not an appetite to pass much at all--if anything--through reconciliation."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/201...28/2188267.aspx

Landrieu only wants to see it passed to get the "Louisiana Purchase" money.

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Landrieu only wants to see it passed to get the "Louisiana Purchase" money.

Why should Ben Nelson have all the fun?

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Why should Ben Nelson have all the fun?

From what I've read, Ben Nelson would really like the Bill to fail, so that the embarrassment that was the "Nebraska No-Pay Zone" could quietly die and his role in this sorry affair could just be forgotten.