McMaster: Nelson Called On New Year's Eve
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) used a GOP colleague to reach out to SC AG Henry McMaster (R) in an attempt to preserve what GOPers are derisively calling the "Cornhusker kickback," McMaster told reporters Wednesday.
McMaster and about a dozen other AGs have threatened to sue over the legislation's provision that would allow NE to skip out on some Medicare payments. That deal, included in the measure at the last minute, won over Nelson's vote.
In an effort to save the provision, McMaster said Nelson called Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who then phoned McMaster, in order to set up a personal call between the 2 men on New Year's Eve.
During the phone call, Nelson asked McMaster to drop his threats. Nelson said he hoped every state would get the same kind of deal his state received, McMaster told reporters in DC today. Nelson also assured McMaster that the final version of the bill would look much different from the version that passed the Senate.
But, McMaster said, while dropping the provision would end one lawsuit, it would not make the health care bill any more palatable to the courts.
"If the provision is taken out, that would be the end of the threat of this case," McMaster said of his proposed lawsuit. "But it might be replaced by many others."
Meeting with reporters, McMaster also addressed his chances in the GOP GOV primary, where he remains one of the front-runners. The winner of the GOP primary, he said, is likely to carry deep-red SC in the fall.
"South Carolina is such a strong Republican state, if I win the primary, if I win the runoff, I will have a big advantage," McMaster said.
This bill is so loaded with questionable unconstitutional content that one court case can replace the other. And the legacy of corruption and all Nelson's ignominious abandonment of his constituency will leave its stench on what remains. The bill is begging to die in conference.
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