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The day after the most important speech of his presidency , Barack Obama had the satisfaction of a poll showing that one in seven Americans who watched it had changed their minds to back his health reforms. But there was little sign of a shift among the small group of senators who may decide the fate of his proposals.

While Democrats and a majority of voters welcomed a speech that demanded universal, affordable health insurance as a “moral” choice, congressional Republicans remained united in their scepticism about how Mr Obama would pay for it.

There was one possible exception — which may prove crucial as the Administration seeks the crucial 60th vote in the Senate, where Edward Kennedy’s recent death has deprived the Democrats of a solid majority.

Although Olympia Snowe, a Republican senator, said she wished that the President had ruled out the idea of a state-run insurance plan, she signalled her continued backing for a so-called public option as a fallback if private insurers failed to reform.
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