Yesterday, it was clear House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had built real momentum for passing health care reform this Sunday–but she was also dealing with a tricky landscape. She hadn’t converted enough health care skeptics in her caucus to make up for the fact that several anti-abortion members are threatening to bolt over the Senate bill’s abortion language, she was facing revolt from two separate members who were expected to vote for the final package, and the remaining holdouts were never going to be easy pickups.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=129104