From The Note earlier today:

With the health care bill languishing in the Senate and under fire in the House, Democratic leaders are quietly preparing for Plan B.
Under the scenario now being discussed, bi-partisan talks would be aborted and parliamentary maneuvers used to force the bill through with a party-line vote.
Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) still has time to try to work out a deal with his Republican counterpart Chuck Grassley, but fellow Democrats are growing restless.
“There’s rising disgruntlement with how Baucus has handled this,” a senior Democratic aide tells ABC News. “We have to look at other options.”
ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf was there last night when the Senate officially blew past yet another deadline for action. Senator Baucus declared that his committee would not, could not pass a bill before the Senate leaves for August recess next Friday.
”The bill is not ready for prime time,” Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) said. (When did Mike Enzi become one of the most quoted and quotable Senators?)
“You folks keep looking for the news and there ain’t no news,” said Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Baucus’s primary Republican counterpart.
This is a big deal. When Congress missed President Obama’s August deadline for passing bills out of the House and Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid vowed to at least get the bill out of the Finance Committee to set up a Senate vote in early September.
Not going to happen.
Does this mean we’ll still be seeing live reports on bi-partisan talks from CNN’s Dana Bash outside Max Baucus’s office when Congress returns in September? Don’t count on it. Baucus has some time to work out a deal over the August break, but Democratic leaders are unlikely to allow talks with Republicans to drag on into September.