While President Obama hit the road with a campaign-style sales pitch for his health care overhaul, Democratic leaders on the Hill continued their behind-the-scenes arm-twisting and wooing.
The goal: to persuade at least 216 of the Democrats' 253-member caucus to back the bill.
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