Like Gillibrand and Schumer, Heather Graham Supports Public Option Reconciliation Vote

The New York Observor ^ | February 23, 2010 | Reid Pillifant

[Baladas]

When the dust settled on Scott Brown's victory in Massachusets, and all those compromises with catchy nicknames were officially scuttled, a handful of Senate Democrats decided they really would like the public option after all.

And so they got down to brass tacks. Having been defeated by the need for 60 votes, to overcome that frustrating filibuster in the Senate's parliamentary procedure, they decided to pursue a different, even more obscure parliamentary procedure--a measure for approving the budget, ironically called "reconciliation"--that would require only 50 votes.

Four senators, including Kirsten Gillibrand, signed a letter urging Harry Reid to pursue reconciliation. Then a dozen or so more signed on, and then Chuck Schumer--the first member of the Democratic leadership--added his name. Suddenly, the public option was back!

So back that today, MoveOn.org recycled its footage from an October commercial, with a lithe Heather Graham stretching and sprinting as the personification of the public option. "The public option is making a comeback. Over 20 Senators and over 100 House members have endorsed putting the public option back on the table," says the narration.

[SE Mom]

It should be a helluva thread, eh?! Isn’t the plan to have SIX HOURS of this on tv? (groan)

[onyx]

Scheduled for 6 hours but if the Republicans cut out, then the show is over for me.