Ezra Klein has an interviewwith Senator Rockefeller about healthcare that gives me hope:
Are you optimistic about getting a bill?
Very. The meeting we had last night helps me say that. Max Baucus does need our votes to get the through the Senate Committee. And there was a coalescence of Democrats that hadn't been pre-plotted. Some of these members had been quiet, and suddenly they were speaking, and loudly, about what was wrong. And if those things weren't fixed, they implied they wouldn't vote for it.
Our Senators are hearing from us, and they're speaking out as they sense the pressure. Now is a good time to double down. Write today, thank your pro-reform senator, or rattle the cages of your anti's.
If there are any Indiana residents reading this, make sure you give senator Luger a word or two for healthcare. He's been quiet lately, but he's unusually reasonable for a Republican, comes from an Obama state, and has a history of working with Obama in the Senate.