August didn't quite kill healthcare reform, says The New Republic's Jonathan Cohn:
Somehow, though, health reform is not dead. Despite all of the setbacks and all of the missed opportunities--despite this train wreck of a month--the situation remains remarkably similar to what it was before the recess. Significant health care legislation is likely to pass, particularly if Obama manages to give a good speech on Wednesday night. And while the possibilities for what that legislation might accomplish have certainly diminished, mostly for worse, it’s not clear how much they have diminished--and to what extent progressives may yet have the power to change that fact.
UPDATE: and here's Ambinder on the same theme:
The more I think about the events in August, the more I think of
professional wrestling. Lots of chair shots, blood and taunts, plenty
of theater, but at the end of the day, everyone goes back to the locker
room, changes out of their tights, and goes to the bar for a drink.
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