Democrats ponder health-care reform plans in wake of Massachusetts Senate race - washingtonpost.com: "Unless Democrats can thread a very narrow legislative needle, Republican Scott Brown's upset victory over Martha Coakley in Massachusetts on Tuesday could lead to the collapse of a health-care bill that, only weeks ago, appeared close to becoming law.
Brown's election to fill the seat of the late senator Edward M. Kennedy (D) will reduce the Democratic majority in the Senate to 59 votes, just short of the 60 needed to break GOP filibusters. During his campaign, Brown pledged to help stop the health-care overhaul, the centerpiece of President Obama's legislative agenda. Kennedy had championed that reform until his death last summer, but the legislation has lost public support in recent months as negotiations have turned increasingly acrimonious."
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