8:53 PM: Eric Cantor caught blackberrying during the speech. That’s getting Twitter! Or something like that.

8:55 PM: Key passage …

But know this: I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it’s better politics to kill this plan than improve it. I will not stand by while the special interests use the same old tactics to keep things exactly the way they are. If you misrepresent what’s in the plan, we will call you out. And I will not accept the status quo as a solution. Not this time. Not now.

8:56 PM: Jon Cohn’s take on what the news is in the speech.

8:57 PM: “The character of our country” … speech picking up a cadence at this point. “When fortune turns against one of us …”

9:00 PM: Another key passage …