Nelson: Reid Will Have To Be ‘Houdini’ To Pull Off Health Care Reform

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) said on CNN a few moments ago that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will have to be a magician to please everyone when he mergers multiple Senate committee health reform bills into one that’ll reach the Senate floor.

“Now the task is to the majority leader,” Nelson said. “He’s almost got to be Houdini to put together a package that can get 60 votes.”

Nelson also said he expects “some version of the public option” to be in the final bill, though he said it may hinge on Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

“Olympia Snowe of Maine is quite key here,” Nelson said. “And if her vote is critical in the future, then she may insist what is a kind of public option.”

Nelson then went on to describe what sounded a lot like the “trigger” option.

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