Dem moderates challenge Reid on health care plan (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 10/27/2009 - 6:12pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., center, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009.<br /><br />He is joined by, from left, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M, Reid, Sen.<br /><br />Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Democratic moderates who control the balance of power on health care legislation balked Tuesday at a government-run insurance option for millions of Americans, underscoring the enormity of the challenge confronting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid one day after he unveiled the plan as a consensus product.




 

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