So committed to abortion-uber-alles are the Democrats that they have left abortion coverage in the health bill up for a "nuclear option" vote. Forty House Democrats who voted for the health care bill last time around did so after first voting for the Stupak amendment forbidding such abortion funding. A handful of those "Stupak" Democrats is the margin between victory and defeat, and Rep. Bart Stupak believes a dozen or so who supported his amendment won't vote for health-care reform without his language forbidding abortion funding. Leaving those Stupak Democrats aside, three Democratic "yes" votes have resigned or died, and the lone Republican to vote for passage has since come out against it because of the lack of a prohibition on abortion funding. Nancy Pelosi, then, has to switch fifteen or so "nays" to "yea." That's a tall order, particularly when considering the dramatic change in political climate since the Democrats passed their version of health-care reform four months ago. There are 39 Democrats who voted "no" last time around. Just eight of those 39 claim they are even open to switching their vote. Even if Pelosi were to convince all eight to switch their votes, she would still be short. The Senate Democrats' hypocrisy in invoking reconciliation after damning President Bush for threatening to do so on judges is indeed, as the Wall Street Journal puts it today, an abuse of power. The abuse of power in the Senate, thankfully, may be matched by a lack of power in the House.