Reid’s Math: Liberal Fans Exceed Public-Plan Foes – WSJ.com
By NAFTALI BENDAVID
Some of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s colleagues were surprised by his decision this week to include a government-run health-care plan in the Democrats’ bill.
But the mathematics of the Senate suggest the motives for the Nevada Democrat’s gamble: While a handful of Democratic moderates don’t like the so-called public option, the liberals who support it easily outnumber them — and at least some of them warned Mr. Reid they would oppose a bill that didn’t include the option.
Reid’s Math: Liberal Fans Exceed Public-Plan Foes – WSJ.com
