Bad word. Nays 15, 8 Yeahs. (I only heard the nays, not sure if anyone abstained). I'll add more when I get a hard link.
Via TPM-
After debating all morning and well into the afternoon, the Senate Finance Committee voted against an amendment, written by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) that would have added a public option to the panel's health care reform bill.
The final vote was 8-15 with 5 Democrats--Sens. Kent Conrad (D-ND), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Tom Carper (D-DE), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT)--voting with all Republicans to kill the proposal.
Next up, Chuck Schumer's more modest public option proposal.
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