A few weeks ago I posted letting everyone know that all the talk of health care reform at the time was interesting but what you were really going to have to watch was the conference committee and which bills found their way there.
With the House passing a bill Saturday night, it is getting to be the point where it gets interesting.
The House: Although the House bill sucks (weak public option, promotion of wire hanger abortions, etc), it is passed and that is the big hurdle they had to come over. Who the house sends to conference is Pelosi's next big decision.
The Senate: This is where there is still room for failure. If all 59 Dems plus the Lieberdouche agree that the bill deserves an up or down vote, then we'll really be in business. However, the danger is still lurking in a few Senate offices. TPM has a good run down of the "Deep Six" today.
Bottom line: We have to watch the Senate very closely and then see who gets sent to conference by each chamber. We are still a long way from real health care reform but the weekends event dominate this week's political climate.
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