It would be nice to know this isn’t a 1-way attempt to peel votes. Do we have any from our side working the Democrat members? From

I’m not getting worked up about this – unless Bart Stupak has lost control of his pro-life band of brothers, in which case they might do something stupid, as The Hill article below suggests some might. Even if talks are indeed ongoing, affirmation should hinge on a promise (surely written) from a majority of Democrat […]

UPDATE, 3:10p: From Wall Street Journal column by Fred Barnes, I immediately thought of the 37-and-counting-year battle over Roe v. Wade: America will be in a constant health-care war if ObamaCare is enacted. Passage wouldn’t end the health-care debate. Rather, it would perpetuate ObamaCare as the dominant issue for decades to come, reshape politics, create […]

David Dayen at Wall Street Journal did the math from another direction but reached a similar conclusion today…

UPDATE, 9:45a: They called our bluff. Now what? Most of us don’t want nationalized healthcare at all, even without abortion coverage. Now that Democrat House leaders have caved and are going to allow a vote whether or not to include abortion (which, by the way, confirms the vehemently denied but obvious: abortion was intended to […]