TO OUR HEALTH - AT 10:09 A.M. ET:  Now that we've all added to the excess calorie problem in America, let us not forget that the Senate takes up the health "reform" bill tomorrow.  But it is not the season to be jolly among Democrats, for they've run into trouble, as Fox reports:

WASHINGTON - The 60 votes aren't there any more.

With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing.

Some Democratic senators say they'll jump ship without tighter restrictions on abortion coverage.

Others say they'll go unless a government plan to compete with private insurance companies gets tossed. Such concessions would enrage liberals, the heart and soul of the party.

There's no clear course for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to steer legislation through Congress to President Barack Obama. You can't make history unless you reach 60 votes, and don't count on Republicans helping him.

COMMENT:  And in the midst of this, President Obama will announce his Afghan plan on Tuesday, which is almost certainly going to enrage more liberals, as the president is expected to send more troops to the war zone. 

The liberals may need the kind of calming drugs that only the Congressional health plan will cover.

November 29,  2009