Again, the reason that Sen. Ben Nelson got the $100M for Medicare is because of the screwed up 60 vote system... I'm sure that Reid would have been more than happy to tell Nelson to stick his extortion where the sun don't shine... But because we esentially have minority rule that didn't happen...

I would love to see the Dems get into conference and restore the public option and the lowering of age for Medicare and use "reconciliation" which would take longer but only need 51 votes... I think the American people would applaud that and reward the Dems for it in the midterms and the '12 election, as well...

I mean, using the fillibuster on judges seems to be an old Demopublican sport... Who cares???

This reform is a biggie and deserves better than minority rule and petty partisan game playin'...

B~