Stupak about to cave

Today brings only more urgent news. Stupak, who is an opponent of abortion and has been holding up the House vote on health care which is the only thing standing between us and the president's signature to make it law, is about to cave. Of course, the truth is the language has to remain the same if this bill is to be pushed through without reconciliation. They can't change it.

TAWAS CITY, Mich. -- Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday.

Rep. Bart Stupak said he expects to resume talks with House leaders this week in a quest for wording that would impose no new limits on abortion rights but also would not allow use of federal money for the procedure.

"I'm more optimistic than I was a week ago," Stupak told The Associated Press between meetings with constituents in his northern Michigan district, including a crowded town hall gathering where opinions on health care and the abortion issue were plentiful and varied.