Kathleen Sebelius is expected to win a fairly easy confirmation today. Some Senators have spoken of delay, but few suggest there’s any hope of marshaling a consequential number of “no” votes. And so we will have our Secretary of Health and Human Services. Max Baucus’s glowing statement follows the jump:

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