Dems lose only GOP vote for health care bill

Washington Times:

The lone Republican who voted for the Democrats' health care reform bill in November won't support the final bill if it doesn't have the same abortion restrictions that passed in the House.

A spokeswoman for Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao, Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday that the lawmaker is concerned the language in the final bill is going to be closer to what passed the Senate, which he doesn't support.

"He would rather see some form of health reform done than not done," said spokeswoman Princella Smith. "But he's just not budging on the life issue."

Mr. Cao, who represents a New Orleans-area district with a 21 percent uninsured population, said in November that he broke ranks with Republicans to support the House bill because of the last-minute abortion restrictions, which had the backing of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. If those change, he's going to have a "very hard time" supporting the bill again, his spokeswoman said.

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This is another reason why Democrats will not be able to get the Senate bill through the House. It would have been tough for Cao anyway, but the change in the abortion language was a deal killer.

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