Reconciliation as savior for health care reform?

David Waldman over at Daily Kos writes a detailed analysis of the pluses and minuses of using the Budget Reconciliation process to pass health care reform. As David notes, we're still hearing the usual threats from Lieberman et. al. to join the Republicans in filibustering the health care bill if it contains the rather weak public option that we've been left with. It real is time for the President and Harry Reid to tell the hold out to get with the program. If they're willing to screw with Obama's number one policy item, then imagine the damage they're going to cause if we embolden them here and now.