Has The Senate Made A Deal With Stupak?

by digby

Jim Moran didn’t answer the question directly, but it sounds to me as if there’s a deal.

Ed Shultz: Is the Stupak coalition, those who made abortion an issue, are they standing in the way of the 218 vote total?

Jim Moran: Well the reality is that there won’t be any public funds paying for abortions. It’s going to be very difficult for young women to find access to reproductive services. But that’s just the reality.

I think we have to look at the larger objective of getting health reform and then we’ll have to look at getting it right for the women of America in that area.

Yeah, that’ll happen.

Moran did say that he thought health care generally was looking good and even said the public option was on the table. But the way he answered that question leads me to believe that they have found a way to appease Stupak, and the last I heard he would not vote for the Senate bill if it meant that he would have to settle for Nelson.

We’ll see.

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