"Hours before an expected vote on a sweeping health care bill, House Democrats believe they've secured the 218 votes they need to approve the bill, several party insiders said," Politico reports.
"Votes have a tendency to shift in the final hours before a
controversial vote, but party leaders were expressing more genuine
confidence as the sun set over the Capitol than they had exhibited all
week. Word started spreading around 5 p.m. that leaders had the votes
they needed to pass the $1.2 trillion bill."