Discuss as:  'Twas the day before Christmas...  From NBC's Ken
Strickland Senate Democratic Leaders have laid out an ambitious
timetable for passing the health-care bill on Christmas Eve. But
if they're successful with their strategy, the vote that matters
most and sets the stage for final passage would happen on
Monday.  To be successful, the plan assumes Majority Leader
Harry Reid will have three key elements before the weekend: 1) a
cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office, 2) a
completely written and publicly available bill, and 3) assurance
from all 60 members of his Democratic caucus that they will vote
for the bill. As of this writing, none of those things has
materialized.  The timeline also would require that Democratic
strategists have accounted for every possible grenade that
Republicans to throw in their path. Some Republicans have made
it clear they're hell-bent on slowing down the process and/or
killing the bill. But if Republicans relent of some of their
delaying tactics, the timetabl