Health Care

White House to Reid: Work With Joe

Wants to cut deal with Lieberman.

President Obama is, apparently, hosting an intervention: Politico is reporting that the White House is encouraging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to cut a deal with Joe Lieberman after the Connecticut independent said he would filibuster any legislation that included a Medicare buy-in for people over the age of 55. However, Reid is apparently so frustrated with Lieberman that he is not ready to kill the measure and wants first to receive a cost analysis of the buy-in, which is expected early this week. "There is a weariness and a lot of frustration that one person is holding up the will of 59 others," an official close to the negotiations said. “There is still too much anger and confusion at one particular senator’s reversal.”