Rich Lowry & Robert Costa, National Review
Harry Reid got his 60. Ben Nelson resorted to the typical Washington expedient in such situations and bought into a few window-dressing compromises, in exchange for an enormous Medicaid benefit to his state. The Cornhusker Kickback joins the Louisiana Purchase as the latest evidence that thereÂ’s nothing like a hundred million or so in federal dollars to alleviate a senatorÂ’s deeply held concerns about the substance of Obamacare. NelsonÂ’s sellout is a gigantic step toward the passage of the bill, but itÂ’s not over yet. Here are five obstacles that still stand between Reid-Pelosi and a White House signing ceremony:
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