The dems still had a filibuster proof senate, and no dem defectors. The senate bill that passed was intended to be a draft - not law. It was to go to conference committee, and then back to both houses.
After Scott Brown was elected they knew they could not get it through the senate, after conference. So Pelosi had the house pass the Senate bill as a reconciliation bill. Reconciliation bills can not be filibustered in the Senate.
Thank you for that. I know what happened and how it happened. The point I was trying to make was that when there is a backbone, things get accomplished. They seem particularly focused right now and they’re laying out their game plan. No matter how deathcare got through, if all the repubics would have been as focused at that time, who knows what might have happened.