I’ve been in a meeting much of the afternoon, and while I was gone, perhaps the Waxman–Blue Dog deal hit a pretty big bump in the road:

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) postponed the health bill markup that he planned to hold Wednesday afternoon amid a backlash from liberals to the deal that he cut earlier with four conservative Blue Dog Democrats. Waxman told reporters that he intended to keep meeting with committee Democrats on Wednesday night, resume the markup Thursday and still finish the bill Friday.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus had pledged to walk if the public option wasn’t up to their standards.