Mods, libs hold rare meeting on health care

[SpartanDem]

In an unusual gathering, a group of Democratic senators spanning the ideological spectrum of their party held a closed-door meeting Friday night to discuss their differences on the health care bill.

The meeting included both staunch supporters and skeptics of the public option: Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Russ Feingold (D-Wisc), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

"There's no question about that—this should have started a long time ago" Rockefeller said of the presence of members from both the center and left of the party. "Thankfully, Harry Reid caught it in time to put us together."

As senators exited the meeting room, they declined to provide details on their discussion, but Schumer said "good progress" was being made, light-heartedly adding that "good progress—it's like Good Lovin', you know, that song?"


http://www.politico.com/livepulse/1209/Mods_libs_hold_rare_meeting_on_health_care_.html



Why the hell is this just happening now? If Reid had any sense he would've been locking these people in a room months ago.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. When I first read the subject line, I thought you meant Mods... as in DU Moderators.

Would you like to alert on the meeting? :evilgrin:

:rofl: I need to get out more often! :rofl:

[Cha]

2. Yeah, me too..

ya'll are our mods, aren't ya? :)

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Fuck that 'mod' shit.

The blue dawgs are rightwing democrats. They are not 'moderate' about anything. The 'left' of the Democratic Party is the only wing of either major party that is actually centrist. Everyone else is on the right or on the far right.

[demosincebirth]

4. Yeah, right! LOL!