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Note to Joe: Filibuster at your own risk
Sen. Tom Harkin, never one to mince words, seems to be warning Sen. Joe Lieberman that if he joins a Republican effort to block a vote on a health reform bill his chairmanship of the Senate’s Homeland Security Committee might be at risk.
According to the Iowa Independent, Harkin predicted Lieberman would come around, but also noted what might be the consequences if he doesn’t.
“As I said before, when it comes down to getting the 60 votes necessary to pass this bill, I do not believe that Joe Lieberman would want to be the one person who caucuses with the Democrats … to bring this bill down. I don’t think he wants to go down in history like that,” Harkin said.
“He still wants to be a part of the Democratic Party although he is a registered independent. He wants to caucus with us and, of course, he enjoys his chairmanship of the [Homeland Security] committee because of the indulgence of the Democratic Caucus. So, I’m sure all of those things will cross his mind before the final vote.”