A round-up of the mound of bloggy opinion favoring passage of the Senate bill. Meanwhile Noam gets excited by a conference call with OMB Deputy Director Rob Nabors. Money Nabors quote:
I remember the president said something to me that always stuck. When we sat down to ask if both houses [of Congress] could pass health care bills, a lot of people reacted negatively [because it had never been done before]. But the president said, don’t bet against me. And we’re confident that [those health care bills] will soon go through the conference process and be on the president’s desk. So I understand the appropriators initial reaction, but there’s a lot of time [between now and the end of the appropriations process].
Know hope.
The Dish 