As of 2pm Eastern Stupak's spokeswoman told NYT he's still a no - MSNBC's Viqueira says the "Stupak 8" are close, but no cigar just yet.

Yeah, Baird was actually one of the more liberal holdouts. We called the crap out of him in Vancouver, though. Apparently the in-district calls were a little more than half in favor of reform.

The out-of-state calls were like 90% against it - I personally get an image of like, a corporate telemarketing center at an insurance company staffed with teabaggers who've been spoon-fed non-germane talking points by Fox News "Barrack's [sic] Ameristan govremnt [sic] takeover...".

But we'll never really know where those calls actually came from. Sounds like staffers may have mostly ignored them, and if so, probably rightly: Baird's there for the people of Washington, and he can turn on Fox News anytime to hear from those callers.

Glad he's moved over to the right side of history. I don't think he'll regret it.

Finally Stupak agrees. Whew.

If my understanding is correct though, he only agrees because of language that will be included severely restricting pro-choice options (funding for abortions). If that is true, I'm happy for everyone who will get coverage but saddened that the government and the church (Stupak openly admits his anti-choice platform comes from his catholic faith) are involving themselves in private decisions. I view it as a step back in time.