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Schumer came with Democratic Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois. Graham and McCain brought fellow Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.
It was clear to the senators that one voice could prove crucial to their hope to sell a plan to conservatives: Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican and Cuban American with conservative credentials, who could become a champion untainted by past scars over immigration.
Soon after that meeting, Durbin was in the Senate gym and spotted Rubio pedaling a stationary bike.
“Marco, you got to be there,” Durbin said. “I want you there because of your position in the party.”
There was a catch: Rubio, like all senators in the group, had to agree that any bill would create a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants and would emphasize family unification.
“Are you willing to accept these two things?” Durbin asked.
“Yes,” Rubio said. “Of course, I want to talk about how it's done.”
How the Senate 'deal' on illegals 'path to voting' came to be ping!
11 posted on
02/03/2013 7:36:04 PM PST by
sickoflibs
(Losing to Dems and Obama is not a principle! Its just losing.)
To: sickoflibs
When are conservatives finally going to figure out that they get used by the GOP just like blacks, hispanics, gays get used by the Democrats?
12 posted on
02/03/2013 7:38:48 PM PST by
AuntB
(Illegal immigration is simply more "share the wealth" socialism and a CRIME not a race!)
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