Health Care Reform Could Hinge on Close Mass. Senate Race

SENATE -- January 15, 2010 at 1:54 PM EDT

Health Care Reform Could Hinge on Close Mass. Senate Race

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post spoke with Hari Sreenivasan about this week's big political story: the special election in Massachusetts to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. Democrats are scrambling amid fears that a Republican pickup could allow the party to stop health care reform.

Watch the video, filmed via Skype, here:

You can see Cillizza's blog, The Fix, right here.

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