POLITICS -- December 22, 2009 at 5:10 PM EDT

Amy Walter: Democrats Need to Sell Health Care Bill for 2010

By: Hari Sreenivasan

Amy Walter of the Hotline visits the Rundown to talk about the back room deals that had to be made in order for health care legislation to move forward in the Senate, what the vote could mean for Democrats and the president and why the party switch of Demoratic Rep. Parker Griffith from Alabama matters.

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