“The Senate bill needs sixty votes to proceed to a floor debate, and Mr. Reid is expected to call a vote later this week, perhaps Saturday if not sooner. If the tally gets to sixty, that would open perhaps the most critical period of legislative action on American health care since Congress created Medicare.”

“If Mr. Obama hoped that his week-long four-country visit to Asia, his first as president, would yield concrete accomplishments that might silence critics skeptical that he deserves that prize, he might be disappointed.” Hu Jintao shows the upper hand in every area, even Iran policy, and POTUS bows to his wishes.

Get ready for a whole host of legal issues and challenges now that these terrorists are on US soil. “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and four others accused in the attacks will be put on criminal trial in New York, Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to announce.”

“President Barack Obama on Wednesday will consider a new compromise plan for adding troops to Afghanistan that would deploy 30,000 to 35,000 new forces, including as many as 10,000 military trainers, over the next year or more.” The amount of time that has passed since this decision needed to be made is astounding.