In a letter to his Republican colleagues obtained by Greg Sargent, Majority Leader Harry Reid dispenses with his usual passive conciliation and goes with some aggressive mockery:
I would note that the Republican leadership’s health care plan remains a secret, unless perhaps it does not exist.Needless to say, I fully understand if your plan is still under development, and would not presume to suggest that you publicly share draft legislative text for even an individual element of your plan, let alone an entire bill, before it is finalized. …
David Kurtz
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