Harry Reid’s Freudian vote

Published March 26, 2010 4:00am ET



You may remember that when the Senate passed Obamacare last December 24, Majority Leader Harry Reid’s initially cast a “no” vote before changing to “yes.” Everyone laughed at Reid’s misstep and attributed it to the 70-year old Nevada Democrat being exhausted from nonstop work on the health care bill.

Fast forward to Thursday, when the Senate voted on the reconciliation package of “fixes” to its original health bill. The vote was the big one, sending the measure to the House for a final vote and thereby amending some major provisions of Obamacare. And when the roll call came to Reid…he voted “no” again. For a second time on a major health care vote, Reid had to sheepishly change his vote to “yes.”

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