But with a procedure called The Budget Reconciliation Process I do believe they can pass it with 51 votes.
Of course they have to lie.
From Here:
For a more detailed description of The Budget Reconciliation Process: House and Senate Procedures click on the link.In the last week, Democrats have begun to talk openly of using a procedure known as budget reconciliation to pass a health bill in the Senate with a simple majority, assuming no Republican support. To do that, under Senate rules, they would probably need to show that the public plan changed federal spending or revenues and that the effects were not merely incidental to the changes in health policy.
Democrats believe they could clear this hurdle by demonstrating that the public plan would save money or cost money.
If a public plan is shown to have a cost to the government that affects outlays or revenues, it could be included in a health care bill using reconciliation procedures, said Martin P. Paone, a former Senate aide who has been consulted by Senate Democrats.
They would have to start over to do that, and they are in a big hurry. They can’t take a bill that has gone through the normal process and suddenly treat it like it has been through the “reconciliation process.”
There are some other disadvantages to using reconciliation; bills passed in that manner expire in 5 years, like the GWB tax cuts.