Reid, Pelosi get dose of tough medicine
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN & PATRICK O’CONNOR | 10/22/09
Public option — yes or no — has been at the heart of the debate on health reform all year, but Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi were reminded Wednesday that the obstacles to getting a bill done are even bigger than that.
In the Senate, Reid got a taste of just how hard it will be to corral his famously fractious caucus — as a dozen Democrats joined with Republicans to vote down the so-called doc fix to Medicare physician reimbursements because it would add $247 billion to the deficit.
Reid, Pelosi get dose of tough medicine – Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O’Connor – POLITICO.com
