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Coburn Getting Dinged On The Nets


Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is the target of a YouTube video made by Senate Democrats, calling him out for objecting to a range of popular legislative items in a package known as the Coburn Omnibus.

"Each change he's told us he wanted, we've made," said Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the floor of the Senate Tuesday. In the video, Reid brings up bill after popular-sounding bill -- from combating strokes to fighting ALS Lou Gehrig's disease and others -- forcing Coburn to object for the camera. A Coburn aide said that discussion with Reid were ongoing.

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