This is a good first step, and finally a sign of the Obama administration taking the health care debate seriously - if they lay down the law. If they simply express that the President is desperate for a deal, then these 16 Senators will become just as bad and demanding as Chuck Grassley and the rest.
ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White House....
Many of these senators have expressed concern about if not downright opposition to key elements of President Obama's health care proposals, particularly his push for a government-run public health care option to compete with private insurers to drive down costs.
