Whole New Ballgame

" Plus news on health -- countdown and now that the hurdle in the house has been passed. The future of health care reform moves to the US senate. And if the Sunday talk shows -- in the in the indication of how this battle is going to be fought the house plan is facing some very tough opposition on the other side of the hill. The house bill is dead on arrival in the Senate just look at pat pass the past two -- think that thing -- had passed by two votes. One of the biggest stumbling blocks right now the idea of a public option. Which is designed to be a government run insurance plan to compete with the private insurers to try to keep cost down. The house plan calls for that option but bills from two different Senate Committees vary on what role. If any -- that the government plan will play the New York senator Chuck Schumer a Democrat admits it'll be tough but reform will pass. If you thought it was -- in the house it's going to be harder in the Senate. Having said that. I think we will pass a bill. All right a look now at how all of this may play out let's bring in Jordan Lieberman publisher of politics magazine live with this on Capitol Hill -- again Jordan. If there's ever what's the big deal in the Senate where where it where is the first big stumbling block."

" Well of course the public option there -- a number of democratic senators who said they will not support a health care bill with a public option. It's perfectly fine that Lindsey Graham and or national kinds Republicans can say they oppose. A a health care plan with the public option that doesn't really matter right now. What what what needs to happen -- there needs to sixty democratic votes or the sixty votes overall to passes that's not out out of the Senate."

" About it when you say they're couple who are not gonna support -- with the public option who are they in what -- their reasons and how much does it have to do with. With contributions from from medical community."

" Well they've they've certainly they've they've certainly taken their share from from the medical the health insurance. You know trial lawyer community. But there's Ben -- through -- there's a few and that they've been somewhat vague as to who exactly will support and oppose this. But it's pretty clear that Democrats the Harry Reid will need to do something to change this bill if it will come back if it will pass the Senate with sixty votes."

" And is that thinking that they will make tweaks to try to please some of those people as it's quite frankly they did in the house regarding of the abortion part of at all."

" That's part of it I think the public option is really a bigger question here in the trick is of course through two. Get what they want out of and then go back and change -- in the conference committee where all things. All things can happen."

" Right conference committee for those who are not familiar you take a bill that comes out of the house the bill that comes out of the Senate you try to put -- together -- when you put it together. Although it's not really the idea sometimes you come up with I don't know what amounts to a whole new thing."

" You do it's almost Frankenstein I mean if you go back and and then vote all over again and the question is in that battle -- senators and members of the house representatives to vote yes and no no on virtually the same bill they can -- and against at the same time."

" And in that conference committee. The thinking is that bet that'll be the place where this thing gets the loudness as if it has an argument."

" Right but it's it's also it happens behind closed doors there's -- hello -- option. Bill you'll hear you'll hear all kinds of things covenant. Me a lot of pressure on the conference committee members to -- to insert provisions take operations basically again behind closed doors -- Jordan Lieberman from politics magazine thanks Jordan."