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In Tuesday's "Playbook," Mike Allen reports, "Sources say President Obama declared that a Saturday blog post by Ronald Brownstein on The Atlantic's 'Politics' channel -- on how health reform would control costs -- was mandatory reading for all senior staff and that everyone involved in, or covering, the health care debate should see the piece."

You can read Brownstein's full piece, titled "A Milestone In the Health Care Journey," here. It makes the case, through statements from economists and Obama's budget director Peter Orszag, that the Senate health care bill does about as much as possible to "bend the cost curve" -- i.e., lower health care spending -- while also significantly expanding health care coverage.