President Obama will be attending a rare Sunday session of the Senate Democratic Caucus to crack some heads. Key targets: Lincoln, Nelson

Running out of options

Leiberman flip flops

Rahm needs to blow the sand out of it

Snowe for Christmas?

PREMIUMS and "cost curve", Incentive structure, Medicare expansion vs. other plans, adverse selection death spiral, alternate Republican proposal,

**Chicken/egg quandary in the Medicare basket: "Imagine living in a house with a crumbling foundation and trying to repair it by adding more bedrooms." That's a cute thing to say to a reporter, but it's an attitude that neglects the fact that doing both is entirely possible and necessary.

The next move depends on the CBO scoring of the current Medicare buy-in proposal which should come early this week. Similar legislation from last year did not pass the budget test.

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