Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 | 7:29 a.m.
Reid robo-call
WASHINGTON -- The progressive group that ran TV ads critical of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's leadership as it pushed him to include the public option in the health care bill now says it has the leader's back as he potentially comes under pressure to change the bill as the health debate begins in the Senate.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee will be dialing up 10,000 Nevadans a day, beginning Saturday, with a robo-call supporting Reid's efforts to preserve the public option in the bill.
The call will feature Lee Slaughter, the Nevada nurse who was featured in the group's TV ad a month ago that questioned whether Reid was a strong enough leader to pursue the government run health plan option that most Americans, and a slim majority of Nevadans, support.
In the call, Lee tells listeners that Reid "shocked the political world by being so bold on this issue... We'll stand with him as long as he keeps fighting for a public option."
You can listen to the call here or in the video to the right.
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