Ben Nelson: I don’t regret my vote for Obamacare

Then you also don’t regret that you are “retiring” from the Senate?

Politico: The senator who paved the way for health care reform has a message for his legion of critics as the two-year-old law heads to the U.S. Supreme Court: Kiss off.

Republicans vilified Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson for cutting a $100 million backroom deal for his state, then casting the crucial 60th vote for President Barack Obama’s landmark legislative achievement. The so-called Cornhusker Kickback dogs Nelson to this day and has even been invoked against former Sen. Bob Kerrey in the Democrat’s just-launched bid to succeed Nelson in the Senate.litico:

 

 

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