[kabar]

The Baucus bill will pass out of the Finance Committee. This is all for show. It will be 13-10 or 14-9 depending on what Snowe will do. The real battle will be on the floor of the Senate after Reid and Dodd and Baucus reconcile the bills from the Finance and Health committees. The Dodd bill from the Health committee contains a public option.

[PDMiller]

Good call. Pat Roberts, R-KS, just made exactly that point. The reconciliation bill will contain all the garbage this “moderate” bill eliminated.