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  • Dem leaders 'leaning strongly' toward opt-out for public healthcare plan

    10/26/2009 5:19:43 AM PDT · by CutePuppy · 27 replies · 949+ views
    The Hill ^ | October 25, 2009 | Jordan Fabian and Roxana Tiron
    Democratic senators continued to remain bullish on the chances of creating a government-run public option as part of healthcare reform. But Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) predicted Sunday that last week's Medicare doc fix vote was a sign of trouble to come for Democrats in trying to rally enough votes to push through a government-run health insurance option. Senate Democratic Caucus chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is very close to getting the 60 votes needed to move forward with a healthcare reform bill in the Senate. Schumer echoed the calls of...