The unanswered question that comes to mind is who are the Democrats that defected and why. How can the D's make the R's feel the pain when they have members of their own parted that failed go support the measure. The story also failed to note that vote of 265 to 159, which of course shows that tghere would need to be 25 more votes to overcome a veto--more R's are needed even if all the D's had voted for it.

The quality of the story presented is good in terms of the discussion of the political battle going on. What is missing is the larger import that this topic has on the more massive issue of universal healthcare coverage that will be so important in the presidential race.

This lays out the positions of the two sides of this debate fairly well. We don't get a sense of how this bill fits into either the 08 Presidential election, or about pressure groups on the right that are influencing the President and GOP leaders.