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Rockefeller: Dem Senators Thankful for His Stand Against BaucusCare

By Big Tent Democrat

Ryan Grim at HuffPo:

[Sen. Jay] Rockefeller (D-W.V.) said he has company in his reservations in the Senate. "A lot of them have come up to me and thanked me because I said what they're thinking. And because I sit next to Baucus and am senior, my saying it, I think, was good leverage and helpful and made it easier on people," Rockefeller told the Huffington Post.

And from our old friend Roland Burris -- "If there is no public option in the bill that hits the floor, said Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.), he'll vote against it. "I will oppose any bill that does not have a public option," Burris told the Huffington Post. Sen. Russ Feingold called BaucusCare "health care reform in name only."

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 16, 2009 (boomark / email).