Senator Blance Lincoln's now parroting the SAME talking points being used by the right wing against the use of the self-executing rule to pass the reconciliation bill along with the health bill in the House!
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) says House Democratic leaders should hold an up-or-down vote on the Senate health care bill and not use the "self-executing rule."
Leaders have toyed with the idea in order to avoid a tough vote that might not have the required support.
You know what happens if we don't use the self-executing rule? It means that Democrats in the Senate get to weasel out of passing the reconciliation package which includes the fixes to the Senate bill and the student loan reform bill. That's why Senator Lincoln is parroting GOP talking points. She knows that health reform won't pass on an up-or-down vote without the self-executing rule. She's making Pelosi's job harder.
TELL SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HER TRYING TO KILL HEALTH REFORM ON THE HOUSE SIDE!
Senator Blanche Lincoln also claims that she hasn't been whipped by the White House and the Democratic leadership in the Senate to support the use of reconciliation to pass health care reform. In not supporting reconciliation, she's telling us which side she's on, and it's clearly not our side.
Here's what she said in The Hill:
Lincoln, a key Senate centrist who's facing a tough reelection challenge, said that Obama had barely reached out to her on healthcare, his top domestic priority.
"I made it pretty clear that I didn't support reconciliation," Lincoln said during an appearance on MSNBC, by way of offering a reason as to why the president would let her be. "I think he hates asking people to do things contrary to what their gut tells them to do."
Here's what I have to say to Senator Lincoln. Rep. Dennis Kucinich just came out in support of the Senate health bill and the reconciliation fix. Rep. Kucinich had to put aside his strong support for the public option and single-payer in order to do this. If he can do this, why in the hell can't you do the same thing?
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UPDATE: Lincoln on Morning Joke