[MaestroLC]

I hope you're right, but this isn't a 'straight-up' fight. The Dems clearly have the numbers (right now) to ram this thing through. I expect that they will.

If that were true, then this would have passed both houses and on Obama's desk last June.

Fact is, this bill is being dragged out and fought every inch of the way. And it is because the American people know exactly what is going on, what is in these bills, and have uniformly rejected it. Politicians know it too (but 60 do care...at least at this present time).

This is not a slam dunk, fait accompli by any stretch.

[Tallguy]

There’s another ‘reality’ to consider. Obama & the Dems need to pass a healthcare bill. They’ll continue to gut provisions until they get something that will pass. To do otherwise is to concede defeat in the mid-terms and consign the rest of Obama’s presidency to the ash heap.

It’s a fight worth having. The longer the debate can be stretched, the more that will be stripped out. But, in the end, we need to realize that something is gonna pass.