Health Care Reform, Massachusetts Senate Race | featured news

President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders insist they will push ahead with efforts to overhaul health care. They just aren't explaining how. Obama acknowledges running into a "bit of a buzz saw" of opposition. A top Democrat suggests Congress slow down on health care, a sign of eroding political will in the wake of Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate race Tuesday.

Dissatisfaction with direction of the U.S., opposition to health-care reform drove the upset election of Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown.

Republican Scott Brown won a bitter Senate race in Massachusetts on Tuesday, dealing a sharp blow to President Barack Obama's legislative agenda and casting doubt on the fate of his sweeping healthcare overhaul.