From our local daily wipe in Kearney. Ben will hold out on announcing his vote until the very end, then we know he will betray us again, and vote with the Dims.
Posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 4:15 pm | Updated: 12:24 pm, Wed Dec 16, 2009.
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WASHINGTON ? As Senate Democrats race to finish a health care bill before Christmas, the importance of Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson?s vote was highlighted by a half-hour, one-on-one meeting he had Tuesday at the White House with President Barack Obama.
Nelson?s meeting with Obama followed a general meeting that Obama had with the rest of the Senate?s Democratic caucus. Afterward, Obama said he didn?t count votes but thinks a consensus exists on key elements.
?What I told my former colleagues today is that we simply cannot allow differences over individual elements of this plan to prevent us from meeting our responsibility to solve a long-standing and urgent problem for the American people,? Obama said.
Nelson said after his meeting with Obama that the president made his case for how much the bill has improved. Nelson said he agreed with that but suggested various ways it could be improved further. He said he made no commitment to support the legislation in the end.