By: MARTIN KADY II on October 26, 2009 @ 6:57 AM
This is turning into a heck of a comeback story.
Step away from the wonky details about opt-in, trigger, the Cadillac tax and cloture votes for a second, and you’ll see a serious change in tone has overtaken the health care debate in the past few weeks. Every headline is about the type of public option that might be in the health care bill rather than if it will be in there at all. Moderates are softening their rhetoric. Democrats are even considering moving up the timeline for when the legislation takes effect – to 2010 from the original 2013.
Now flash back to August, when Democratic lawmakers were literally getting shouted down and hounded by protesters to their cars. Just two short months ago, the talk was whether all the summer angst would effectively derail President Barack Obama’s top priority.
Even John McCain said Sunday on CBS’ Face the Nation that he thinks the Democrats now have the votes to pass health reform. So now Republicans will have to move to make this a huge 2010 campaign issue, hoping it will help them win seats.
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