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

Hot off the Presses: The highly anticipated release of Sen. Max Baucus’s bipartisan legislation on health care drew little applause from a cautious WH, where Press Secretary Robert Gibbs deflected invitations to grade the bill. “I don’t think this is a mirror of what the President’s talked about,” RG said, addressing those who draw comparisons to the WH proposal. He repeated that “the President’s speech wasn’t to send up a truckload of paper — some of which you printed,” nodding to NBC’s Chuck Todd, who held almost a tree’s worth of paper (though he noted that he wasn’t able to print the full Baucus legislation).