Nine Democratic Congressmen who have indicated that they may switch their votes from "no" to "yes" on Government Health Care Takeover

Well, with Dems willing to go for reconciliation, the problem (if there is one) is in the House. This certainly brightens the Democrats chances.

In interviews with the AP, at least nine of the 39 Democrats (who voted "no" earlier) -- or their spokesmen -- either declined to state their positions or said they were undecided about the revised legislation, making them likely targets for intense wooing by Pelosi and Obama. Three of them -- Brian Baird of Washington, Bart Gordon of Tennessee and John Tanner of Tennessee -- are not seeking re-election this fall.

The others are Rick Boucher of Virginia, Suzanne Kosmas of Florida, Frank Kratovil of Maryland, Michael McMahon of New York, Scott Murphy of New York and Glenn Nye of Virginia. Several lawmakers' offices did not reply to the AP queries. . . .

On the other side of the ledger:

The political math in the House is daunting. Many lawmakers expect further defections, especially members who oppose legalized abortion and feel the Senate language is too permissive in regulating federal funds for those operations. . . .

Supposedly there are nine or ten claim that they will switch from "yes" to "no" because of the abortion issue, but that remains to be seen.