The Politico reports (via Aravosis):
An aide to Rep. Bart Stupak (D. Mich.) coordinated opposition to a Senate compromise on the place of abortion in health care legislation this morning with the Republican Senate leadership, the Conference Catholic Bishops, and other anti-abortion groups, according to a chain of frantic emails obtained this morning by POLITICO.
The emails show that Stupak — who has so far remained silent on language accepted by Senator Ben Nelson (D. Neb.) and faces intense pressure from the White House to accept it — is already working behind the scenes to oppose the compromise.
They also demonstrate a previously unseen degree of coordination between Stupak and the office of Republican leader Mitch McConnell.
This brings us to something that crossed my mind this morning – will this bill pass the house? A lot of progressives are going to be turned off by it as it is, then add into it the reduced abortion language from the Stupak amendment, which was needed to bring enough votes on for the House, and you are looking at a scenario where the House could end up voting down the final. I can’t wait for the whip count to start on that.