David Gergen actually said...

"He's going to have a choice and he's going to have to make a very tough one. And, this time, he cannot split the difference."

"Without them you can't get a bill through the House as Nancy Pelosi said last night."

"the President's problem is that 60 members of the House have signed a letter saying they will not vote for a bill in effect that does not have a robust public option."

"I think we are going to have a lot of post mortems when this is all over, if the President gets a watered-down deal, which is I think the best he is going to get out of this right now."