Source: Coburn Ditching Gang Of Six Over Plan To Cut Medicare | Talking Points Memo

Not since David Lee Roth left Van Halen has a defection augured so poorly for team success. On Tuesday, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) told reporters he was stepping away from the Gang of Six negotiations — a bipartisan working group of senators putting together a plan to reduce the deficit and debt — over their inability to agree on entitlement spending cuts.


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