Specter: Democrats getting 'angry,' will pass healthcare bill

Democrats in Congress are getting "angry" enough to push through healthcare reform, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) said today.

Speaking to reporters after President Barack Obama's healthcare event outside Philadelphia on Monday, Specter said frustration over Republican "obstruction" is making his caucus determined to move ahead.

"I think there's a lot more determination in the Congress now to get it passed," he said, according to a pool report. "I really think there's sort of reaction on the Democratic side of getting a little angry over the duration and intensity of obstruction and a lot more determination to see it through."

Specter also said that Obama had stepped up his role in the healthcare debate and is motivating Democrats.

"The president's providing for more fiery leadership now," Specter said.

"That's the most fiery I've seen him since the early campaign," he added. "When I was listening to him, I wished that he had given that in the State of the Union. If it's the State of the Union he would have reached a lot more people."

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