It took a while, but on Thursday, House Democrats inched the health care boulder a bit further up the legislative hill after the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the House's new health care proposal would slash $138 billion from the federal deficit by 2019, and extend health insurance to 32 million uninsured Americans. Earlier in the week, observers wondered why it was taking longer than expected for the key number cruncher to issue a verdict. Not only did the delay raise the question of whether all the compromises made to try to win broad enough support would make the bill too costly, but it also played into the hands of Republicans trying to keep the focus on the messy process of passing the bill rather than the substance in it.

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