Last I heard Lieberman was going to oppose the bill because of Public Option, but would not vote against cloture. Has something changed? I am really hoping all of those insurance companies in Connecticut would put some serious heat on him to kill this thing.
There are supposed to be 2 cloture votes. The first one is to bring the bill to the floor, the second one is where the "filibuster" usually happens (as in the 2007 GWB amnesty).
"NORMAL" PROCESS:
1) cloture to bring bill to floor, 60 votes
2) cloture to end debate, 60 votes
3) Final vote, 51 votes
Then there is the "reconciliation process," going directly to 51 votes, which some Dems have threatenerd to use, but AFAIK it has never been used on a bill of this kind. According, to Robert Byrd, it's supposed to be only for revenue bills.