Blanche Lincoln

Root Canal'd! Lincoln Misses DADT Vote In Dentist Chair

Brian Beutler | December 9, 2010, 6:28PM

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)

The only Democrat who opposes repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell is Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV). All others support it. So why did only 56 out of 58 Democrats vote for it today?

"Senator [Blanche] Lincoln didn't make it back to this vote because she was in a dentist chair, and ran back and missed it by three minutes," Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told reporters tonight. "She was very frustrated and apologized to both of us."

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