Well, maybe it’s not time to call the mortician, but the vultures are getting ready to circle what is left of ObamaCare.
For the first time in this year-plus debate, Democrats are worried that health reform is in critical condition.
House Speaker Pelosi can't get 218 votes for the Senate bill. Senate moderates don't want to take up another bill -- skinny or reconciliation -- and the White House isn't yet calling the shots.
“There’s a real possibility it doesn’t get through,” said a Democratic lobbyist who supports reform. “My guess is, for now, it’s over,” echoed another. There is a sense of anxiety and panic that has set in as Democrats ask, “What now?”
Will Republicans be invited to participate in a new bill?
Up until now Republicans were mostly shut out of the healthcare debate and yet were called obstructionists and labeled the “party of no” when they rejected what Democrats drew up behind closed doors.
With House Democrats looking over their shoulders from now until the November elections, it will need to be a much different bill or there will be no bill at all.
The stunning Massachusetts election changed everything.
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