The Senate agreed to take a break from the health care debate to work on other things like the budget. But that hasn’t stopped the rest of us from debating the merits of Reid’s compromise plan. Republicans are on full offensive mode, pointing to a recent survey by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Richard Foster which shows the (pre-compromise) Reid bill will raise national health care spending, and to Democratic senator Bill Nelson of Florida’s comments that the (compromise) Reid bill is a “non-starter.” Meanwhile, Democrats continue to search for the elusive sixtieth vote that will allow health care reform to pass the Senate.