Curious About George

Word from The Hill this morning that retiring Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich may be open to being vote number 60 on health care should Scott Brown win.

Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) will talk deficits and debt when he meets with President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

The retiring Ohio senator will meet with the president in the Oval Office this morning, which sparked some concern from conservatives that the senator, who's previously broken with his party on some issues, might be subject to entreaties on healthcare.

"Senator Voinovich’s statement after his last vote against the partisan health care reform bill speaks for itself and his stance has not changed," Voinovich spokesman Garrette Silverman said.

It's a bloody long shot, but then again, these are interesting times.  We'll see how it goes. Voinovich clearly wants something right now, and Obama does as well.