12/21/09 HC Reform Update by Mark Sanna: After a long day of acid, partisan debate, Senate Democrats held ranks early Monday in a dead-of-night procedural. The vote was 60 to 40, a tally that is expected to be repeated 4 times as further procedural hurdles are cleared in the days ahead, and then once more in a dramatic, if predictable, finale tentatively scheduled for 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve.