Republicans got an extra spot because Ron Wyden got a late invitation. In addition, Olympia Snowe was asked to the summit, but she declined because her leadership didn’t ask her to attend. Instead, they asked Stupak.No. And you can bet Stupak will force the abortion issue and announce that unless the compromise bill has his amendment in it verbatim, he will singlehandedly kill the bill in the House. He can do that, he has enough Blue Dogs in his kennel to bite the Dems in the ass on this.
It should be noted that Stupak led the Anthem Blue Cross hearings today, and said at them that rate hike problems like this would continue “until reform passes,” and also said that this was why he supported a public option. But Stupak is also a peacock on the issue of abortion funding, and the Republicans know very well that their best chance to kill the bill completely lies with him.
Stupak in the summit raises the possibility of turning it into a circus and shifting focus away from where the White House and Democratic leaders would rather go. They’ve been hiding from this abortion issue throughout this debate, but Stupak won’t go away.
Orange Julius isn't as dumb as he looks, apparently. He did make it to minority leader, after all. We'll see what transpires tomorrow.
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