It's unlikely that a Senate office building has ever been packed with such an energetic, passionate crowd. That was the scene yesterday at the Dirksen Office Building with key lawmakers Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), and Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who joined Melanie's March walkers, union members and health care activists to discuss the need for health reform and hear several participants' personal insurance industry horror stories. Watch:

Those who wanted to take part (but couldn't join us in DC to march) took action by sending well over 1 million messages to Congress in favor of finishing the job on fixing health care.

All in all, it was an incredibly inspiring day of action--both online and offline. After months of false hope, politicking and GOP obstruction stalling the process of moving reform legislation forward, yesterday's activism and overall hopeful message from Senators was a definitive step forward. Let's hope today's presidential health care summit will piggyback on yesterday and give working American real progress on reform.