Harkin On Senate Bill: ‘We’ve Rounded Third Base And We’re Heading To Home’

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) says that the health care reform bill Democrats presented in the Senate last night has what it takes to turn the months-long legislative fight into a home run for reform advocates.

“To put it in baseball terms, we’ve rounded third base and we’re heading to home,” Harkin told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow last night. “No member of our caucus is going to want to be the one person that stops us from getting to home plate.”

“I believe now that the team is together,” he added. “And our team is going to hold together and we’ll have those 60 votes to move ahead.”

Harkin said that the Senate bill is a “reasonable compromise” for health care progressives like him and he called on Democrats to remain unified through the rest of the legislative process.