Associated Press - March 9, 2010 2:54 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senator Blanche Lincoln says she is still opposed to pushing a health care bill through the Senate with a simple majority vote, despite saying she wanted to see what was in the legislation.

Lincoln, a Democrat who faces more liberal challenger in the party primary plus GOP opposition, said Tuesday her earlier comment should not be taken as a change of heart. Lincoln says she is still opposed to the controversial majority-vote procedure known as "reconciliation."

Reconciliation could put a health care reform measure up for a simple-majority vote.

Lincoln told reporters outside the Senate floor Tuesday, "I don't support reconciliation! All I said was I want to see what's in it."

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