Chait still thinks health care has a better than even chance of passing:
In my opinion, the issue is in a similar place as last summer, when the national media was also declaring reform dead, or on life support. But the structural dynamic remains the same — Democrats understand that they have to pass this bill or face even deeper electoral catastrophe than they're likely to suffer anyway.
But the Democrats seem so useless they are incapable even of acting their own self-interest.
The Dish 