Thoughts from a Senate insider this morning: “There won’t be a conference, at least not in the sense that most of us think of a conference, with public debate and amendments. This will be written like most of the health-care legislation has been written — in a Democrat’s conference room with a handful of members and White House staff.”

Will the Left make it more Left? This vet doubts it: “The bill will have to align fairly closely to the Senate bill; don’t believe all the hype about liberals demanding changes — they’ll cave as always.”

As back-up, the Hill source adds a note about the Nelson-sellout insurance policy: “And with all the grief Nelson’s had in his state and elsewhere, the bill will have to stay close enough to what he voted for or he’ll have an excuse to bolt.”