Jake Tapper reports:

…today, the White House indicated that as a gesture of bipartisanship, President Obama would discuss malpractice reform.
“The president is going to talk about the downside of what many doctors have told him is the practicing of defensive medicine, where doctors because they are worried about this order more and more tests in order to make sure that they don’t get sued,” Gibbs said on CNN. “That costs our system billions and billions of dollars every year.”
Gibbs called this “a big test, because the president is going to outline things that Republicans want to hear. I think the test for Republicans is to hear the message of millions and millions of Americans that are struggling with the high cost of health insurance. Are they ready, willing, and able to come to the table and work with the president to get something done, or are we just going to stand on the sidelines without a plan? That’s the challenge tonight for Republicans.”
Gibbs’ tone towards a suggestion of tort reform was remarkably different than it was just a few days ago.