Imagine if a Republican...

Or actually Republicans, said they were going to jam a bill through the Senate, with a simple majority vote, breaking the Senate rules. What would the media be saying? Probably something like they don't care about the wishes of the American people. Or they are trying to derail the democratic process. But when the Democrats say that is exactly what they might do even if Scott Brown wins the special election. No one in the media cares. Actually they do care they are applauding it.

Even if Democrats lose the special election to pick a new Massachusetts senator Tuesday, Congress may still pass health-care overhaul through a process called reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.

That procedure requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on President Barack Obama’s top legislative priorities. That supermajority is at risk as the Massachusetts race has tightened.

“Even before Massachusetts and that race was on the radar screen, we prepared for the process of using reconciliation,” Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said.

“Getting health-care reform passed is important,” Van Hollen said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend. “Reconciliation is an option.”