GOP Sees 2010 Window, Gloat That Dems Who Opposed Health Care Will Take Dual Heat

From TPMDC: :

Much like Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Sen. Ben Nelson, looks like the 39 Democrats voting against the House health care bill Saturday are getting squeezed from both sides....We've been writing about all the left-leaning campaigns going after Democrats on health care, and plenty of efforts to hit Republicans as party of "no."..TPMDC has been chatting with Republicans who want to pick off vulnerable House Democrats in 2010 and they (not surprisingly) are pleased as punch by the internal warfare....The GOP believes the Stupak amendment on abortion really has potential to blow up the health care negotiations permanently, so they are holding their powder to see what happens. (And of course there's the robust v. opt out public option fight to return to.)...Even though they were glad for the support, Republicans have no plans to thank the Democrats who opposed the bill Saturday since that could help the members back home. Instead, they will exploit Democratic divisions.

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Guidelines Ditch Annual Pap Smears - ABC News

From Good Morning America (something I have never typed before:):

Pap smears may no longer be called "annuals" if doctors follow new cervical cancer screening recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ....A new recommendation from experts suggests women need fewer pap smears.The group announced today that women should start getting cervical cancer screenings at age 21 instead of 18, and that women could wait longer between the screenings -- regardless of when a woman starts having sex....Women in their 20s with normal Pap smear results now should get screenings every two years instead of every year, and women in their 30s can wait three years between screenings, according to the new ACOG guidelines. ...After a week of uproar over the controversial recommendations for less mammogram screenings for women, doctors say they will have to wait and see how the public reacts to the new pap smear guidelines

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Politico: I think Lieberman is the one going Rogue

From Politico:

Sen. Joe Lieberman’s threat to filibuster any health care bill with a public option could kill health reform this year — and embolden Democratic challengers who’d like to send him packing in 2012....But Lieberman doesn’t seem worried.....“I don’t think about that stuff,” Lieberman told POLITICO this week. “I’m just — I’m being a legislator. After what I went through in 2006, there’s nothing much more that anybody [who] disagrees with me can try to do.”

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Ethics committee: No punishment for Burris

From the AP:

The Senate ethics committee on Friday admonished Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee didn't recommend any punishment....Burris was appointed by disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was impeached and driven from office after he was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat....The committee's "Public Letter of Qualified Admonition" told Burris that while it found no violations of law, "Senators must meet a much higher standard of conduct."..The committee wrote Burris that his phone conversation with the former governor's brother was inappropriate. It says Robert Blagojevich called Burris on Nov. 13, 2008, seeking to raise funds for his brother, and Burris appeared to agree to write a check while also bringing up his desire to seek the Senate seat.

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