Pinning Nelson (D-Ne) vote (on health care) on Branstad (R-Ia)?

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Omaha World Herald

It's the story of a nine-year-old campaign endorsement, a vote on the Senate floor and a long-term political friendship between an Iowa Republican and a Nebraska Democrat.

Clashes over the Senate health care bill apparently have no bounds.

In Iowa, governor hopeful Bob Vander Plaats criticized former Gov. Terry Branstad, a fellow Republican, on Monday for endorsing Nebraska Democrat Ben Nelson in his 2000 campaign for the U.S. Senate.

That endorsement, Vander Plaats said, helped Nelson eke out a 15,000-vote victory over his opponent, which gave him his first Senate win and put him in the position to advance the health care bill last Saturday.



Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20091124/NEWS01/711249949

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FULL story and photo at link.