UPDATE: Looks like there’s a deal. That would wrap this up. Stay tuned. Bart Stupak has scheduled his third press conference in less than a day, presumably to announce the state of play on health care and the abortion language. The first two press events were cancelled, so that’s always a possibility here. Stupak just [...]

The Hill quotes Bishop Stupak saying that his dozen supporters have narrowed to a half-dozen. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) says that “at least six” of his original “dozen” members are standing firmly against the Senate healthcare bill. Following a 20-minute huddle on the House floor with a handful of the holdouts, Stupak told reporters that [...]

Jerry Costello, long thought to be part of the Stupak abortion bloc, appeared to endorse a No vote on health care reform with his local paper. Costello has consistently said that he opposes the Senate bill as written, but this was stronger than most of his previous statements: But thus far, Costello, an 11-term Democrat [...]