[nutmeg]

Maybe our brand new Republican Senator from MA has had a talk with Lynch, pointing out 2010 election coming soon. Senator Brown could sway a lot of voters in MA right now especially with HC being one of the reasons Brown won the people’s seat in January.

Interesting... you may be right, BARLF.

[mwl8787]

No Sweethearts [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Tom Coburn, from a press conference a little earlier:

I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House.

If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn’t going to be held in the Senate, I’ve got news for you. It’s going to be held.

Number two is, if you get a deal, a parochial deal for you or your district, I’ve already instructed my staff and the staff of seven other senators that we will look at every appropriations bill, at every level, at every instance, and we will outline it by district, and we will associate that with the buying of your vote. So, if you think you can cut a deal now, and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell you that isn’t going to happen. And be prepared to defend selling your vote in the House