Reid and Lieberman patch things up after 'double-cross' comment
By Paul Kane
WashPost
For the second time in less than a week, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) found himself trying to clarify private remarks, this time about Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.).
Reid and Lieberman both issued statements Thursday to show there is no lingering bad blood over a report that the leader said he had been "double-crossed" by Connecticut's junior senator. Reid was referring to Lieberman's opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the massive bill overhauling the nation's health care.
"Senator Lieberman and I have a very open and honest working relationship. On issues ranging from foreign policy to health care, even when we disagree, he has always been straight-forward with me," Reid said Thursday.
Reid did not deny the comments attributed to him in a New York Times Magazine profile. Nor did he apologize for them. The Times reported that Reid became very angry upon learning of Lieberman's opposition to a so-called public-option alternative, on which Reid had been working. Reid believed that Lieberman would wait to object at least until seeing an independent analysis of the proposal. Instead the Connecticut senator declared his opposition on CBS's "Face the Nation", leaving the plan short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a Republican filibuster.
(More here.)
WashPost
For the second time in less than a week, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) found himself trying to clarify private remarks, this time about Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.).
Reid and Lieberman both issued statements Thursday to show there is no lingering bad blood over a report that the leader said he had been "double-crossed" by Connecticut's junior senator. Reid was referring to Lieberman's opposition to a government-run insurance plan in the massive bill overhauling the nation's health care.
"Senator Lieberman and I have a very open and honest working relationship. On issues ranging from foreign policy to health care, even when we disagree, he has always been straight-forward with me," Reid said Thursday.
Reid did not deny the comments attributed to him in a New York Times Magazine profile. Nor did he apologize for them. The Times reported that Reid became very angry upon learning of Lieberman's opposition to a so-called public-option alternative, on which Reid had been working. Reid believed that Lieberman would wait to object at least until seeing an independent analysis of the proposal. Instead the Connecticut senator declared his opposition on CBS's "Face the Nation", leaving the plan short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a Republican filibuster.
(More here.)
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