HOUSE DEMS WON'T ROLL OVER - AT 8:51 P.M. ET:  Conventional wisdom has it that the House Democrats will eventually cave in and accept the Senate compromise on health "reform."  Not so fast.  The ultra-liberals aren't rolling over, as The Politico reports:

On the eve of a historic health care vote in the Senate, liberal Democrats in the House have launched a full-throated defense of the public option — a sign of battles to come when party leaders try to meld the two bills.

“Now that the Senate is poised to pass its version of a health care reform bill, it is time to turn to reconciling it with the House legislation," California Reps. Barbara Lee and Lynn Woolsey said in a joint statement Wednesday. “For Congress to achieve true health care reform we must have a meaningful conference process that integrates both bills into the best possible piece of legislation for the American people."

COMMENT:  True, Woolsey and Lee are fringe characters, members of the way-out-there California delegation, but they speak for an important bloc of votes in the House. 

This health-care fight is far from over.  It's being reported that President Obama expects the issue to linger until February, past the State of the Union message.  That gives Americans many weeks in which to make their voices heard.  I would not be shocked to see some "tea parties," even in the snow.

December 23, 2009