On Wednesday, Health and Human Resources Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the sign-up numbers for the first month of enrollments via the insurance marketplace. They were modest but hopeful: showing not as many signups as expected but a lot of people who have started the process of shopping for a policy.
Elsewhere in Washington D.C., Senate Democrats were preparing legislation that would destroy the Affordable Care Act and crush the spirits of those who are uninsured and underinsured and who desperately need affordable health care.