Pelosi: "whatever happens in Massachusetts, we will pass quality, affordable health care"

[ProSense]

Speaker Pelosi. Regardless of what happens in Massachusetts, we still have to resolve the difference between our two bills. We still have to communicate with our Members about the direction they want us to go with certain particular issues. Issues like the commission, the report on what we have heard back now on the excise tax — you know what some of those issues are. And we have some policy issues to deal with that we had put off for this week because we needed to focus on what the CBO — the Congressional Budget Office needed for last week.

But our eye is on the ball of passing legislation. In order to do that, we have to resolve some differences, establish some priorities, make some decisions and that’s what we’re doing. Whatever happens in Massachusetts, we have to do that, and whatever happens in Massachusetts, we will pass quality, affordable health care for all Americans and it will be soon.

And we thank the President for his leadership.

[niceypoo]

1. Soon the Limbo bar will be so low.....

...that you can no longer manage to slip under it.

[Oregone]

2. "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds"

[MidwestTransplant]

3. Good then that means serious ammendments to the current Senate bill. Pass it first

then reconcile the shit out of it.

[Grand Taurean]

4. It will be timely, but it is our only choice.