Pelosi to fight for health care bill during recess

She swallowed pork chops on a stick to woo red-state Democrats for her majority, then faced an open rebellion among the Blue Dog conservatives she helped elect. No sooner were they appeased than liberals threatened to bolt. Pelosi achieved a tentative and unstable truce, missing President Obama's deadline of passing a health care bill out of the House by the August recess, but averting a meltdown. Full Story »