On MSNBC this afternoon, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) once again trotted out the possibility that Democrats will pass health care reforms through the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process if Republicans try to extract too many concessions from the bill.
“We are making concessions,” Schumer said. “But there’s a limit.”
“I wouldn’t take anything off the table,” he added.
It’s the second time in a week that Schumer–who chairs the Senate Rules Committee, and who was a Finance Committee point man on the public option before being closed out of negotiations–has floated the idea. President Obama did the same this week, and though it’s unclear whether the messages are co-ordinated, the two are meeting, at Schumer’s request, tonight.
