Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts is already having an effect on Democrats in Congress. Even Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is saying that nothing is to be done on the health care bill until Brown is sworn in:
Speculation had swirled in recent days that Democrats in the House and Senate may try to rush a final health care bill to the president’s desk before Brown could take his seat and vote against it. Brown won a special election in Massachusetts Tuesday to fill the seat held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy for more than four decades.
“We’re not going to rush into anything,” Reid said. “We’re going to wait until the new senator arrives to do more on health care.”
Washington is finally paying attention.
