Health Care Reform In The Senate

The Democrats still have an uphill battle ahead of them:

After the Senate narrowly voted to beging [sic] debating Democrats' health care reform legislation, President Obama said he now looks forward to "a thorough and productive debate."

But many hurdles lie between here and the finish line -- a "significant, formidable and never-ending list," one top Senate Democratic aide says.

First come the amendments. Moderate democrats have already said they oppose the public option in the bill right now to compete with private insurers with the goal of driving down costs.

"Let me be perfectly clear," said Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., who looks to have a tough reelection context next year. "I am opposed to a new government-run insurance option."

But other Democrats have said the bill wont be true reform without the public option, and they may not vote for a bill without it.

If nothing else, it will be really interesting to watch the debate that takes place in the Senate...

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