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60: The Magic Number
"The cause of my life"
That's how Ted Kennedy described providing health insurance to all Americans.
Without Ted Kennedy's vote, who'll cast the crucial 60th vote on health care reform?
At the same time Ted Kennedy's funeral arrangements are being made, political plans are being hatched for maneuvers to protect the vote Kennedy wanted to cast.
Why is the magic number is 60? That's how many votes are needed to defeat Republicans efforts to block reform.
Massachusetts law leaves Kennedy's seat open for five months, when a special election could be held. A dying Kennedy asked Massachusetts legislators to let the Governor name a temporary replacement.
(NY Times story here).
Carole
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