Obama’s feeling queasy

By GEOFF EARLE,New York Post

 Obama asks Dems to pass Healthcare to save his presidency

President Obama yesterday pushed wavering House members to OK health-care legislation for his own political standing and for theirs,as the battle came down to a bare-knuckle brawl for votes.

Obama met with groups of liberal and more conservative Democrats in the White House to try to assemble a winning coalition.

"To maintain a strong presidency,we need to pass the bill,"Obama told the liberals,according to Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.),who attended the meeting.

"He made a very pointed,very realistic case about how this is an opportunity that won’t come around for a long time."

The heightened presidential pressure came on a day when Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said a dozen centrist Democrats weren’t willing to swallow Senate language that they say provides federal funding for abortion.

"We’re not going to vote for the bill with that language in there,"Stupak,who leads a faction of anti-abortion Democrats who have voted for health reform,told ABC yesterday.

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