“I want to send a couple messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no (on health care)and you vote yes and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn’t going to held in the Senate, I’ve got news for you…It’s going to be held.”
-Senator Tom Coburn putting his colleagues in the lower chamber on advance notice, vowing to torpedo any promises of patronage made by President Barack Obama to wavering House Democrats.
