Big surprise: on Tuesday, Mitch McConnell yet again made it clear that Republicans won't support the Baucus bill.
It includes massive cuts in Medicare, tax increases on individuals, and tax increases on business. I don't think that's a package that very many Republicans are going to support, but Senator Grassley and Senator Enzi can speak for themselves.
Harry Reid better get used to the idea that there won't be any significant Republican support for health care reform. Letting Max Baucus continue chasing Olympia Snowe around the block will only serve to drag the process out, and, perhaps, to eventually drag it down.
And Reid better not get too cocky about maintaining Democratic support: Jay Rockefeller on Tuesday said he would oppose the Baucus bill at the committee level.
To get a decent bill through the Senate, it's going to be reconciliation or bust. It's astonishing that Reid & Co. haven't yet come to that conclusion.