In her defense, it would be a lot cheaper to buy one vote in the Senate than to buy all the votes she’ll need in the House.

Nancy Pelosi’s counting votes, but they’re not adding up:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just told reporters that she does not believe she has enough votes in the House to pass the Senate health care reform bill as-is — at least not yet.

“I don’t see the votes for it at this time,” Pelosi said. “The members have been very clear in our caucus about the fact that they didn’t like it before it had the Nebraska provision and some of the other provisions that are unpalatable to them.”

She did not add: “If those idiots in the Senate can’t buy one lousy vote, I’m not doing all the damned work.”

But I’ll bet she was thinking it.

Via Memeorandum.