She'll meet with her top lieutenants and the full Democratic caucus. The rank-and-file Democrats will meet this evening as the Massachusetts polls are closing.
If the Republicans take the Senate seat held by the late Edward Kennedy, Democrats will lose the 60-vote majority needed to pass health care in the Senate.
Pelosi says there will be no wavering on health care. She told reporters yesterday, "We will have health care one way or another."
One option is for the House to pass the Senate bill and send it to the president. And House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says the Senate health care bill "is better than nothing."
