Imagine I sat you down in front a Chutes and Ladders board game. I tell you all that you need to do is get the red piece onto the finish square. You could spend half an hour rolling the dice, moving up ladders and down shoots until you get your red piece to the finish [...]

Gerald F. Seib at the Wall Street Journal wrote, How? Mr. Lieberman says he has made his position absolutely clear to Mr. Reid. And Mr. Reid, all agree, is a wily tactician. So does he think Mr. Lieberman, and the two or three conservative Democrats who share his inclination, will give in at the end? [...]

A group of pro-public option senators met with Harry Reid last night to discuss health care reform. Indications are that the possibility of using reconciliation to pass health care reform was indeed discussed. Reconciliation is just one way to pass health care reform or the public option with only a simple majority. Reconciliation is not [...]

Joe Lieberman (I-CT) said on CBS’s Face The Nation that he would rather no reform bill at all pass than see a bill pass that contains a public option. His threat to join a Republican filibuster against a bill with a public option makes it harder but nowhere near impossible for Harry Reid to get [...]