By Trish Turner,Fox News
Sens. Lieberman and Nelson are in a key position to defeat Obamacare
A handful of centrist Senate Democrats,along with moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe,could pose a major problem for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he tries to pull health care reform legislation to the floor.
Snowe,in concert with Sen. Ben Nelson,D-Neb.,has for weeks held meetings with a group of five or six moderates,including Sens. Joe Lieberman,D-Conn.;Mary Landrieu,D-La.;Blanche Lincoln,D-Ark.;and,at times,Susan Collins,R-Maine.
They do not all appear to hold the same view on health care reform. But several members of this group have expressed concern with the possibility that a government-run insurance plan could emerge from closed-door talks in the majority leader’s office —though they are not outright opposed to a public plan.
And they are very aware that a procedural motion known as "cloture"—which requires 60 votes to bring legislation to the floor —could be their best opportunity to stop any bill they find objectionable.