captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. i'm jim lehrer. president obama demanded a final up or down vote on health care reform. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. on the "newshour" tonight, democrats are ready to force action without bipartisan support. we'll have excerpts of the president's speech, and analysis from ceci connolly of the washington post and congress watcher norm ornstein. >> lehrer: then, two political stories. the first in new york where two top democrats are embroiled in ethics problems-- governor david paterson and house ways and mea...