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From: LindyBill8/19/2009 7:28:45 PM
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Grassley on Obamacare: 'The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back' [Robert Costa]

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa — the top Republican negotiator in the "Gang of Six," the group of Senate Finance Committee members that is trying to hammer out bipartisan health-care legislation — tells NRO that he's losing patience with Democrats, who earlier this week signaled that they were ready to abandon hopes for a compromise. "I won't walk away," Grassley says, "but if I'm pushed away, I'll be on the Senate floor trying to kill bad amendments and get good amendments adopted."

Speaking by phone from Iowa, Grassley says the town-hall meetings held across America during the August recess have changed the nature of the debate. Grassley himself held four town halls last week and is preparing to host 16 more next week. At his town halls, Grassley found himself showered with cheers — instead of the jeers that so many of his colleagues have faced. "I never got a drumbeat," he recalls. "Iowans are very civil." Reflecting on how his town halls have influenced his position on health-care reform, Grassley says "the jury is out" on whether he might leave the negotiating table. "I'll make a decision on walking away if it becomes clear that I can't get a good agreement."
The Corner on National Review Online (19 August 2009)
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