Health care news:

►  At Huffington Post -- The latest on Obama's health care summit -- President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies argued for sweeping health care overhaul Thursday in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit with Republicans who want far more modest changes.

►  At SeattleTimes.com -- Patty Murray's Facebook friends: public option now -- If Sen. Patty Murray listens only to her friends, here is what she should do: Forget working with Republicans and pass a public option now. That was the overwhelming response when Murray asked her Facebook friends what they wanted out of the bipartisan health-care summit.

Boeing news:

►  In today's Seattle Times -- Final plan for Air Force tanker bids plays to Boeing's advantages -- The final Request for Proposals for the long-delayed $40 billion Air Force refueling-tanker contract issued Wednesday appears to heavily favor Boeing's Everett-built 767 plane over the rival Airbus A330. The larger Airbus jet can deliver more fuel per trip than the 767 and carry extra troops and cargo. But the evaluation process will credit those extras only if the two bids are within 1% of each other on cost. With that setup, "this becomes nothing more than a cost competition, and a bigger plane costs more," says one defense-industry analyst. "It's Boeing's competition to lose. This is playing out just the way Northrop feared."

►  In today's (Everett) Herald -- Boeing backers like odds for tanker deal -- After nine years of waiting, Boeing is well-positioned to win a $35 billion aerial refueling tanker contest, based on the initial assessments of lawmakers. “I’m pleased with what I heard,” said Rep. Jay Inslee. “As far as the specifics of the proposal, we’re very much in the game.”

►  In today's News tribune -- Boeing rival may not bid for tankers -- Whether Northrop Grumman and its European partner will follow through on a threat not to bid against Boeing is still unclear.

(So things are looking good right? This could be Boeing's contract to lose, right? Right...)

►  At Huffington Post -- Reid spars with CEOs, walks out of meeting -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid got so angry at Boeing CEO W. James McNerney Jr. at a meeting between Democratic leaders in Congress and CEOs representing 11 major corporations that the senator stormed out. McNerney was one of the more outspoken executives against focusing federal job-creation efforts on small business. The CEO argued that for every job created at Boeing, two small-business jobs are created. His argument sparked something in Sen. Reid, who recoiled, dressed down the CEO and then walked out.

Legislative news:

►  In today's -- Details of House Democrats tax plan delayed -- House Democrats intended to settle on how best to generate the revenue in caucus Wednesday, but it didn’t come up as members focused on other unresolved issues such as whether to impose a furlough on nonunion workers. Friday is now the day details could emerge.

►  From AP -- Gregoire signs bill to suspend I-960 -- Republicans had asked Gregoire to veto the section that suspends the public advisory vote on tax increases, but Gregoire signed the measure as it was passed by the Legislature.

►  In today's Kitsap Sun -- Frances Maddon Morgan Center remains on chopping block -- The larger Rainier School isn't targeted, but the Bremerton facility is threatened in the Senate budget.

►  At SeattlePI.com -- House committee opens door for Seattle on 520 Bridge -- The House Transportation Committee proposes lowering the height of the new 520 Bridge and outlines more ways for Seattle to push for changes in the design, but the committee did not commit the state to reserving two of its lanes only for transit, as some in Seattle have asked. 

►  In today's Columbian -- Wallace slams Herrera absences, prompting angry response -- Rep. Deb Wallace (D-Vancouver) is accusing Rep. Jaime Herrera (R-Camas) of shirking her duties by being absent from the House floor “for hours on end” during key votes over the last few weeks in order to campaign for the 3rd Congressional District seat -- a charge Herrera flatly denies.

►  In The Stranger -- Tax tantrum: The Seattle Times' anti-tax crusade doesn't add up -- The Times has been lambasting lawmakers in Olympia with a series of angry, Tea Party-ish editorials that first argued against any tax increases whatsoever and then, when that position became untenable, argued for very limited tax increases and a slash-and-burn approach to finding budget savings. If some "culling" of well-paid state employees needs to be done, and if the state's entire disability assistance program needs to be jettisoned, so be it. Not offered by the Times as a money-saving measure: repeal of the new 40% break on business and occupation taxes for newspaper publishers, which the Times lobbied for and benefits from, and which costs the state $1.3 million a year.