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Nancy Pelosi steeled White House for health push

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Behind the scenes, Obama had, in fact, already settled on a strategy.

He would invite Republicans and Democrats to a summit, to give them one last chance at compromise, knowing they wouldn’t budge. And privately, he had decided that his favored approach was a comprehensive bill.

At the same time, recognizing political and economic realities, Obama, Pelosi and Reid pushed ahead quickly with jobs bills, to appease nervous Democrats in both houses who feared the White House had lost focus on the economy.

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