Nelson to support motion to proceed on Senate health care reform
CNN Political Ticker: “Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson announced Friday that he would be supporting the motion to proceed that would allow the Senate to begin debate on the Democrats’ health care reform legislation.”
Wall Street Journal: Nelson to Vote to Advance Senate Health Bill
At the American Spectator Blog, Philip Klein comments on Sen. Nelson’s rationale: “The problem, as [Nelson's] co-Senator from Nebraska Mike Johanns noted yesterday, is that once the bill gets to the floor, there will need to be 60 votes to change the abortion language. And there simply aren’t that many pro-life votes in the Senate. So this really was a key test of his professed anti-abortion views.” More from W. James Antle.