As the runaway health care express hurtles down the track to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue there certainly is a lot of commotion in the passenger cars. Politico reports that Obama and the Democratic Congressional leadership spent all day Wednesday, to be continued on Thursday, in talks aimed at bridging the differences that remain between the House and Senate health care bills. The White House talks follow several days of discord as Congress returned to the Capitol: Furious with the Senate and desperate to regain a foothold in the health care debate, a wave of rank-and-file House Democrats assailed the Senate's tax on high-end health care plans Tuesday night, on the eve of a critical White House meeting with the President. House Democrats have collected 190 signatures in the House for a letter opposing the tax, and they contend they will have just as much difficulty holding their 218 votes as the Senate will have holding their 60 votes.  At the same time, there is little doubt...(Read Full Post)