"Bart's always said this'll come down to Saturday night at 11 o'clock"

Stupak’s spokeswoman told POLITICO that “discussions are continuing,” but the talks between anti-abortion Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Stupak “have collapsed,” according to another Michigan Democrat, Rep. Dale Kildee, an abortion foe who plans to vote for the bill…

Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), though, said Stupak’s group is holding firm.

He said that to support the legislation he needs an ironclad guarantee that Stupak’s language will be resurrected and enforced — whether the vehicle is legislation or executive action.

“There’s still time and they still need votes,” he said.