Another "Last Ditch" Pitch

The never-ending campaign for Obamacare continues today:

With the fate of his signature legislative initiative far from certain, President Barack Obama is taking his last-ditch push for health care reform on the road.

In a speech Monday in Philadelphia, Obama will try to persuade the public to back his plan to remake the nation's health care system, while also urging uneasy lawmakers to cast a "final vote" for a massive reform bill in an election year.

Obama's pitch in Philadelphia, along with a stop in St. Louis Wednesday, comes as the president begins an all-out effort to pass his health care proposals. Though his plan has received only modest public support, Obama has implored lawmakers to show political courage and not let a historic opportunity slip away.

At the health care PR event Obama told John McCain that "the campaign was over". I guess not.

They don't have the votes. That doesn't mean they can't get them, but right now they don't have them. Final vote has been scheduled for March 18 and until then it's important to keep the pressure on the Democrats in the House, especially those who might want to return to Congress next year.

I keep hoping that there will be an outbreak of sanity among the Democrats, but that's probably too much to hope for.