Once again, we have senators from small less populated areas determining the outcome. Its as outdated as the electoral college.
Okay, Nelson is from Florida. Take Nelson out of the mix and what do you have?
McClatchy: In Obama setback, Senate panel rejects health public option
Three Democrats _Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Kent Conrad of North Dakota — voted against both proposals.
Sens. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Tom Carper, D-Del., backed a public plan that could negotiate rates with doctors, hospitals and other health providers, while opposing an alternative that would've tied the plan's rates to those paid by Medicare for two years
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It's pathetic having Senators from empty States and places like Delaware determine our Nat'l Health policiy. The Constitutional Compromise of 200 yrs. ago intended to keep the slave states and the tiny states in the Union is a flawed idea in the 21st century. It essentially allows a tiny minority of Senators to rule the ruse. This same policy helped bring on the Civil War by allowing the south to rule the ruse for the 1st 60+ yrs. of the Union. This is BULLSHIT if Obama can't reign in these people we can forget about any REAL change.
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