Obama made a final, urgent public plea for health care reform Friday, slamming private insurers and accusing his plan's opponents of spreading lies and distortions. Time for reform is "right now," he says. If the Senate bill passes the House, Obama will sign it into law. If the package of changes is passed, it will be taken up by the Senate. Obama warned that if Congress rejects his plan, "the insurance industry will continue to run amuck."
Nancy Pelosi is struggling to round up 216 votes from her 253-member caucus to pass the plan. No Republicans are expected to back it. Twenty-eight House Democrats have indicated to CNN they will join Republicans in opposing the Senate plan. That leaves opponents of reform 10 votes shy of defeating the measure.
They start the voting on Sunday.
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