Barone on HCR

WSJ: The shrewed political expert Michael Barone has a look at how the votes stand in the House when it comes to health care reform, Mr Barone states the following, " Are there enough votes in the House to pass the Senate's health-care bill? As of today, it's clear there aren't.... " As stated in previous post the Hill has the Democrats down by nine votes to pass HCR. The question that the House and Senate leadership must ask is what happens after the recess, will they have the votes they have now or will they find that voters have changed the mind of House members and of Senators. Also we come to the question of trust, can the House trust the Senate to change the House passed Bill when it comes to their side of the expected deal, in that deal the House will pass the Senate version of health care reform and then the Senate will fix any problems that the House has with the Bill. Lets recall there is the 2010 Mid Term Congressional Elections, will Senators want to spend weeks and months on health care reform, or discuss bills that will make them popular, yes the House is wise not trust the Senate. Lets see if Speaker Pelosi can control the House, the Speaker might not be in total control of events. That's the fun of politics folks.