3/6/10 HC Reform Update by Mark Sanna: Senator Robert C. Byrd, 92 (D-WV), and a fierce protector of Senate rules and precedents, is defending the Democrats’ plan to use a parliamentary maneuver called budget reconciliation to finalize major health care legislation. Mr. Byrd famously refused to support former President Bill Clinton’s effort to use reconciliation to pursue health care legislation in 1993.