The President comes out against any plan to pass health care reform before Senate-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) is seated:
STEPHANOPOULOS: What is the strategy on health care going forward?
OBAMA: Here's one thing I know, and I just want to make sure that this is off the table. The senate shouldn't, certainly shouldn't try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated. The people in Massachusetts spoke. He's got to be part of that process.
And while some may have been hoping for an "in your face, GOP" vote, this takes the heat off of progressive House members who were under a lot of pressure to go along with the Senate version of the health care bill. In the end, this could mean we get a better bill.