FishPoolDC: Our Insider's Notes from Today's Press Briefing

Don’t Get Out Your Pool Toys Just Yet: Political nerds everywhere are counting the days to the August Congressional recess to track the healthcare legislation nail-biter, but Press Secretary Robert Gibbs played it cool when asked whether the deed would get done by vacay time. “Maybe. I don’t know,” he said. While it was floated whether the goalposts had been moved (RG response: “Did somebody bring in goalposts?”), Gibbs said, “I don’t think anybody was under the illusion” that the bill would be signed by the end of the summer.