Johnathan Cohn, the exceedingly well-informed health care analyst at the New Republic:"Somehow, though, health reform is not dead. Despite all of the setbacks and all of the missed opportunities--despite this train wreck of a month--the situation remains remarkably similar to what it was before the recess. Significant health care legislation is likely to pass, particularly if Obama manages to give a good speech onWednesday night. And while the possibilities for what that legislation might accomplish have certainly diminished, mostly for worse, its not clear how much they have diminished--and to what extent progressives may yet have the power to change that fact."Read the whole thing: http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-treatment/why-reform-survived-august