Reid and Lieberman May be The Odd Couple on Health Care

Now that the health care reform legislation moves toward the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid may have one ace-in-the-hole as he tries to put together a 60-vote front to get the measure to the Senate floor. The Daily Beast says that is Connecticut Democrat-turned-independent Joseph Lieberman.

While the Daily Beast says both camps deny any deal has been reached for Lieberman's support, Lieberman has been uncharacteristically loyal to Reid. It quotes the Las Vegas Sun which noted that "Lieberman owes his committee chairmanship (Homeland Security) to Reid after the majority leader declined to punish him-as some Democrats wanted-for his support of Republican Sen. John McCain in last year's presidential election."