[gov_bean_ counter]

If Brown wins in Mass, healthcare is dead in the House. Period.

[Blue Turtle]

Do they not realize the change that’s coming? They overplayed their hand. Its over for the DemocRATS.

[GoCards]

If they shove healthcare in anyway I believe the revolt will be so bad they wouldnt know what hit them.

[MozarkDawg]

If Brown wins in Mass, healthcare is dead in the House. Period.

Yep.

[MrB]

They’re going to lose a lot of “blue dog” votes.
They’ll lose them simply because of the “closeness” of this race, and a Brown win will double that fear.

[CaptainMorgantown]

If Brown wins in Mass, healthcare is dead in the House. Period.

Yep.

• They only passed the House version by a bare minimum of votes.
• Every single House member is up for reelection in November
• The Massachusetts result shows them just how much the public hates the health care bill.
• Many of the House members in marginal districts have already responded to constituent mails with "I voted for the bill, but I made a very strong stand by insisting the bill contained X" which was in the House version.
• The Senate Bill, which they'd have to pass without ammendement, contains many noxious elements such as the Louisiana Purchase, the Cornhusker Hustle, and the middle-class tax on Cadilac plans that they would have to explain to their constituents.
• Any promise by their Leadership to modify the most noxious aspects of the Senate Plan via future legislation, is a promise made by other Democratics - and they more than anyone else know that such promises can't be trusted.