Dealmaking is a delicate dance on Capitol Hill. But if the health care debate is any gauge, lawmakers are getting pretty good at doing the "twist."

With several Democratic holdouts having been persuaded to cross over and support the health care bill in the past week -- and over the past year -- the public is getting a glimpse at the backroom arm-twisting that is muscling the legislation over the finish line.

"There is a lot of dealmaking going on, as though some deal could actually cover up a vote for one of the worst bills I have ever seen," House Republican Leader John Boehner told Fox News on Friday....