The White House has again denied the dubious claim by Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity that the Obama Administration threatened Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) with closing Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base if he does not support health care reform.Weekly Standard columnist Michael Goldfarb got the rumor mill started when he wrote a post citing “a Senate aide” who claimed “the White House is now threatening to put Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn’t fall into line” on health care reform.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=133211