Health care reform is going to pass.  I think we may even get some form of a public option.

The Republican Party is coming apart at the seams.  Their biggest fear is the success of this reform.  They do not know what to do and are trying to use/say anything that gets a reaction...not just from their base....from anyone.  Obviously, their base is going to react more extremely, but what they are doing is not based on actual beliefs...it is based on trying to regain/maintain power.  They are twisting in the wind and do not know what to do.  Desperate times for their party.  Eventually the moderate and extreme wings of the Republican Party are going to break apart.  I do not know what form this break will take, but it is inevitable.

Also, for those afraid a public option will increase the deficit.  You may be right.  In fact, you probably are.  The full story is the deficit will increase significantly more without the public option than with the public option.

This is the truth.  Everything else is just white noise.