Checking some recent polling . . .

Rasmussen: 52 percent oppose the health-care plan, 42 percent support it.

CNN: 56 percent oppose the health-care plan, 42 percent support it.

Quinnipiac: 53 percent oppose the health-care plan, 36 percent support it.

NBC/WSJ: 46 percent oppose the health-care plan, 32 percent support it.

DNC chairman Tim Kaine, this morning:

I think the president is about to achieve a victory with the passage of a comprehensive health reform bill that has eluded every Democratic president since Harry Truman and that will create a real tail wind for the president and the party when that happens.

What, is he starting his morning with Maker’s Mark?