Democrats: Vote Your Conscience on Health Care

washingtonpost.com — Dear wavering House Democrats: I feel your pain. Eighteen years ago, I was elected on the coattails of a popular young Democratic president who promised a post-partisan Washington. A year later, with partisan gridlock capturing the Capitol, there was a razor-thin vote on the House floor over legislation that Democrats said would remake the country and Republicans promised would bankrupt it. I voted my conscience and it cost me. I am your worst-case scenario. And I'd do it all again.

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