Vice President Biden claimed today that the president has a “clear majority” of support for health care reform in both houses of Congress, with or without the GOP.
“I don’t know whether he got the Republicans” during his speech to Congress yesterday, Biden said on Good Morning America, but “I’m confident he has a clear majority of the House and the Senate for reform.”
On the one hand, this seems like a no-brainer — President Obama likely didn’t sway many Republicans with his address, but the Democrats do have a majority.
But Biden may also be signaling that it doesn’t matter whether the president is able to get any Republicans to support his reform plans, because he already has the votes he needs.
