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Pressure Mounts On Brad Ellsworth

On the Indiana Senate front, The Hill looks at five members with significant political motivations who will determine whether the Democrats’ health care bill lives or dies.  At the top of the list?  Indiana Congressman and announced Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth, who is under even more pressure this week after fellow Hoosier Democrat Joe Donnelly indicated that he intends to flip his vote to “no.”  Ellsworth probably didn’t think he would be a Senate candidate when he cast his yes vote in November. What people tend to forget is that Ellsworth was not only a supporter of the Stupak Amendment, but a key player in getting it inserted into the bill. What’s more, Ellsworth at the time told a local paper, “I will not support a bill that I believe would result in federal tax dollars being used to pay for abortions.” If there’s no Stupak language in the coming bill, Ellsworth will be torn between living up to those words and pleasing the Democratic leaders who have anointed him as their Senate candidate.