On Monday evening, in a reversal of a highly controversial plan to expand Medicare to those aged 55 and older, Senate Democratic leaders announced that they would be dropping the plan from their proposed bill that is currently being debated on the floor.
The announcement comes only hours before President Obama is scheduled to meet with Senate Democrats Tuesday morning. This comes in response, seemingly, to threats made by two centrists, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Ne.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Ct.), to not vote for the bill if it includes the Medicare expansion. Majority leader Harry Reid, along with Mr. Obama, have made it clear that they want a vote on the bill come Christmas and, as evidenced by this latest development, are willing to make all the deals needed.
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