Indeed but viewers watching cable news have been alerted to the ploy as his closing statement showed his hand. Outlets reporting that they planned to push reconciliation all along but may have difficulty with the House accepting the Senate's modified plan which falls short. Consensus is that many will not vote for it.
However NPR pundit on Foxnews said those members at risk come November have nothing to lose pushing it through since their earlier vote for the bill left them vulnerable anyway. Better to face their constituents with something 'accomplished' rather than nothing at all. Pretzel logic to convince them to take the sword for their leader, I suppose.
Palin on with Hannity talking about summit. McCain coming on next.
Sarah is talking with Sean Hannity now.
Delay of at least 5 seconds to Alaska.