Tough issues will be on the table as the majority leader tries to hammer out a bill
(NEWSER) - In the Senate Finance Committee, it's all over but the voting, and Democratic hopes for health care reform now rest with Harry Reid, who has to pull something cogent (and passable) out of a welter of conflicting proposals from several committees. That puts him the "in the eye of an ideological storm," the Washington Post reports, noting that his own statements about the hot-button public health insurance option have wavered from staunchly pro to accepting any "mechanism to keep insurers honest, create competition and keep costs down." More»
