Sen. Lieberman changes tune, disses dems
The Senate needs 60 votes to pass a health care bill, and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is one of several ’60th votes’ the Democrats need in order to seal the deal. But the independent Senator from Connecticut has a list of demands he wants met before pledging his support… demands which contradict plans he endorsed as recently as three months ago. We talk with David Kirkpatrick, of The New York Times, and Colin McEnroe, host of WNPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show in Connecticut, about Lieberman’s ever-evolving role in American politics.
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