Reid, Baucus ready to split on public option as vote nears
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), once in polite disagreement over the idea of a public option component in healthcare legislation, are approaching a breaking point over the issue.
Reid and Baucus have staked out opposing positions on the central question of a government role in health reform — Reid has consistently stood in favor, but Baucus has consistently said the idea doesn’t ...
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most of what's happening with the bill has been covered thoroughly and to me it seems as if the media is simply searching for new light to reflect on this before it reaches the floor, but it couldn't really get any more bright.