The talking points are out in full force. The Democratic plan to reconcile the health bills that have already passed the house and the Senate are being referred to by Republicans and Fox news as the "Nuclear Option." Scary isn't it? This conjures up images of explosions that devastate everything around it. Lamar Alexander has publicly worried about the Senate actually surviving if the Democrats use the reconciliation process of passing a bill with a simple majority. Alexander must have a short memory because he voted for several pieces of legislation via this process, including the two Bush tax cuts and the Medicare prescription drug program. Where was his concern then?
Back to the phrase "Nuclear Option". This phrase was actually coined and used by Republicans as a method to break the filibusters on several Bush judicial nominees. They proposed to get rid of the filibuster all together mid-session. That was the Nuclear Option, not what is going on today. The lies are coming now fast and furious. It is time to pass reform and move on.
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