[kaylar]

Democratic leaders in the Congress voiced confidence on Sunday they will have the votes, possibly within a couple of months or so, to pass landmark legislation to overhaul the healthcare system.

Maybe I'm just "whistling past the graveyard", but that sounds to me like they're going to put off voting on it till they're so close to the November elections that by mutual and probably silent consensus the vote will be delayed till AFTER the election : And how the elections go may determine whether the crap is EVER voted on...at the very least, if the Ds are voted out and replaced by Rs, it will then be safe to conclude that the proposals are dead at least for the foreseeable future.

[HiTech RedNeck]

a lot of damage could be done in a lame duck session...

[StarFan]

Maybe I'm just "whistling past the graveyard", but that sounds to me like they're going to put off voting on it till they're so close to the November elections that by mutual and probably silent consensus the vote will be delayed till AFTER the election

Highly doubtful. The word is that vulnerable dems will still lose their seat having voted for it initially so the must fall on their sword for the party. Other pundits say that anything passed is better than nothing so they have no alternative and pray the voters will like it in the end. Political suicide.