Party leaders prepare liberals to accept a health care reform deal - Chris Frates and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com

Party leaders prepare liberals to accept a health care reform deal - Chris Frates and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com: "After the toughest week yet for health reform, leading Democrats are warning that the party likely will have to accept major compromises to get a bill passed this year – perhaps even dropping a proposal to create a government-run plan that is almost an article of faith among some liberals.

With August dominated by angry faces and raised voices at town hall meetings, influential Democrats began laying the groundwork for the fall, particularly with the party's liberal base, saying they may need to accept a less-than-perfect bill to achieve health reform this year."