Encouraging signs on Health Care Reform

Buried on page 9, column 5 of the NY Times today is this little Gem

That is why the White House and Democratic leaders — despite complaints from Republicans and centrist Democrats — continue backstage negotiations on an unorthodox plan for salvaging a comprehensive health care bill.

Under the plan, the Senate-passed bill would become the principal legislative vehicle. But it would reach the House floor only after the completion of a “sidecar” House-Senate agreement on changes designed to pass using procedures barring a filibuster by a strengthened Senate Republican minority.