His comments are the latest sign that Republican Scott Brown's Senate victory has thrown President Barack Obama and Democrats completely off-track in their quest to remake the nation's health care system.
[...] Obama also said the legislation has ''run into a bit of a buzz saw'' of special interest opposition and partisan politics. ''And the longer it's taken, the uglier the process has looked,'' he said.
Notwithstanding the comments Friday from Dodd, who is not seeking re-election this year, Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., have both insisted the health care legislation will go forward -- though they haven't said how. Reid spokesman Jim Manley said Friday that plans to push forward haven't changed...
SOURCE: Associated Press > New York Times
