The Purpose of the Health Care Summit is to "Give a Face to Gridlock"

That's what the Dems are saying, according to Politico. That will open the door to reconciliation, and although Harry Reid and others are denying it, it's their plan:

After a brief period of consultation following the White House health reform summit, congressional Democrats plan to begin making the case next week for a massive, Democrats-only health care plan, party strategists told POLITICO.

A Democratic official said the six-hour summit was expected to “give a face to gridlock, in the form of House and Senate Republicans.”

Democrats plan to begin rhetorical, and perhaps legislative, steps toward the Democrats-only, or reconciliation, process early next week, the strategists said.

After the summit, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid planned to take the temperature of their caucuses.

“The point [of the summit] is to alter the political atmospherics, and it will take a day or two to sense if it succeeded,” the official said.

I've been following the summit a bit via Twitter and from what I'm reading the GOP is offering actual ideas and solutions while the Democrats are offering sob stories and grumpiness. This thing is probably going to be a net loser for the Democrats.