SEIU pulls support of Senate ObamaCare bill

The union that represents the gentleman on the right, SEIU, just pulled its support of the Senate version of ObamaCare. What Joe Lieberman giveth--SEIU taketh. Now SEIU does not have a vote in the Senate, but they have money and foot soldiers for campaigns--but Republicans need not apply for this lucrative fringe benefit.

The Hill has more:

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) backed out of an event with other organizations promoting the Senate healthcare reform bill Wednesday over concerns about changes made to the legislation to accommodate centrist Democrats.

The SEIU had planned to participate in a Capitol Hill press conference along with the AARP, the liberal advocacy group Families USA, Consumers Union and the American Cancer Society Action Network. As recently as Tuesday morning, the organizations distributed an advisory to the news media that included the SEIU.

But the move by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to excise provisions of the healthcare reform bill to create a government-run public option health insurance program and to allow people between 55 and 64 years old to buy into Medicare gave the labor union pause, spokeswoman Lori Lodes said.

"That decision has to be made by our leaders and our members," Lodes said. The event with the AARP and the other groups was scheduled before Reid made changes to the bill.

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