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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (186127)	3/28/2012 1:15:21 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542525

Well, that's certainly the conventional wisdom. But I'm not so certain. I've read a couple of biographies of Supreme Court justices each of which made these events--SC justices preparations for public hearings, their amenability to arguments advanced, and followup conversations--much more fluid and problematic. My best guess is that there are four votes to approve the healthcare bill--the four "liberal" justices--and three against--Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. My reading is that Kennedy and Roberts have given ambiguous signs about their thinking and may even be undecided as of the moment. In that context, the quality of public presentations are a factor. Definitely not the deciding factor, but a factor.