Reid is meeting with Senate progressives tonight to talk health care. Harkin thinks the Senate will start debate in earnest on November 30th. And, he is willing to make the Republicans work if they try to filibuster reform.   Mike Castle’s poll numbers take a huge hit, possibly because of his opposition to health care. Carper, [...]

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-25) will oppose a final health care bill that has triggers or that allows states to opt out of the public option – with an asterisk. She would allow states to opt-out only if they did provided “a more progressive option” offered at the state level.