Reply #9: A hint that we're still trying to get 60? (and bad news about MA?)

[frazzled]

I sometimes read the Morning Roundup on TPM, which, among other things, gives the president's and vice-president's schedules for the day.

One thing I noticed on Obama's schedule for today, sandwiched between an education visit and other things, was a meeting with Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio.

Is this a Hail Mary trying to recruit Voinovich--who is retiring and has sometimes bucked his party (though so far this year, not at all)--to be the 60th vote for HCR in the Senate? I doubt it would work. But am I reading too much into this anyway? Is it a sign they think Coakley will lose and a desperate attempt to get another vote?