According to another source, Stupak wants assurances that the pro-life amendment will pass the Senate, i.e. that the pro-life fix is a guarantee.
So here’s the rub. Is getting health care passed so dire that Reid can get enough Senate Democrats who voted for abortion funding previously to embrace the Stupak language so that the Senate bill is changed? Dubious, but possible, I guess. And if the changed Senate bill goes back to the House, would the threatening pro-choice block peel off and refuse to support it.
And how long would all this maneuvering take? Obviously longer than a day and a half. Stupak would seem to be asking for the impossible, but at this point, it may be the only possibility availability for this to become law as clearly Pelosi wouldn’t be giving Stupak the time of day unless she needed his vote and the votes of some of the others in his coalition.
They'll compromise with Stupak by lying to him and screwing him behind closed doors.
He needs to recognize that and just man up.