The Hill reports that Congressional Democrats are not optimistic that either Clinton or Obama will be able to enact their health care reform proposals. These politicians want to lower the public's expectations by emphasizing how difficult it is to enact sweeping reform without bipartisan consensus - something that will be difficult to obtain now that the Democrats and Republicans are polarized on this issue.

Several members of Congress note that there is simply not enough money to implement either Clinton's or Obama's plan. It could take several Congresses to work through the proposals and develop a plan with bipartisan support.