UPDATE: Looks like they're going to express disappointment, but not oppose.
Good for Labor. As for "Health Care for America Now," now that they've decided to support passage of this total cave by the President and Senator Reid, perhaps they should change their name to "Health Care for America, Next Time."
Two of the country's largest labor groups, the SEIU and the AFL-CIO, are each holding emergency executive meetings today to discuss whether they should support the latest round of health care compromises made by Senate Democrats.Here's hoping that SEIU and the AFL have more courage and principle than HCAN.
Though there's no official word yet, early indications based on talks with various officials are that the groups will either formally oppose the legislation or, less dramatically, just not fight very hard to ensure its passage.
Labor leaders are fuming at the concessions that Democratic leadership made in the last few days to win the support of the caucus's most conservative members...
NB HCAN says they're simply support passage of the Senate bill so they can then fight for the good stuff in conference. A conference that increasingly looks like it won't even happen - they may just force the House to accept the Senate bill since, after all, Holy Joe and the other Dem sell-outs will threaten to filibuster if we improve the bill too much and hurt their friends in the insurance industry.
