House leaders put in motion the machinery to hold a rare Saturday vote on the most far-reaching expansion of the health-care system in more than 40 years.
Even so, they were still locking down support Wednesday among a handful of holdouts, with the biggest bloc dissatisfied with the measure's handling of abortion.
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This is an excellent summary of where the House bill stands at the moment. It's apparent that Stupak won't be content with any compromise. He wants women who get insurance from either public OR private insurers to be unable to get an abortion. That would leave them essentially with self-treatment as their only option for a lawful medical procedure. I hope the other holdouts aren't as rigid.
