Tonight, President Obama will discuss the need for health care reform in a televised address to Congress; he told Good Morning America today, "The intent of the speech is to, A, make sure that the American people are clear exactly what it is that we are proposing"—a CBS poll says 70% of Americans think health care needs to be overhauled; a Pew poll says 67% think the health care debate is hard to understand—"[And] B, to make sure that Democrats and Republicans understand that I'm open to new ideas, that we're not being rigid and ideological about this thing, but we do intend to get something done this year." The NY Times suggests that health care reform is not on life support, "The uproar does not seem to have greatly altered public opinion or substantially weakened Democrats’ resolve. Critical players in the health care industry remain at the negotiating table, meaning they are not out whipping up public or legislative opposition." Still, who knows, given that Senator Max Baucus, Senate Finance Committee chair, says leaving the public option out may be the only way for bipartisan support while Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is pushing for the public option. And now there's talk of fining the uninsured...