Combative nurses' union takes on Meg Whitman

The Sacramento Bee reports:

The California Nurses Association has taken on powerful people before, including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators from both major parties, and has scored resounding wins.

In each showdown, the 86,000-person union made full use of its key advantage – the appeal of its members' professions – while pressing hard for policies that benefited nurses.

Can ObamaCare contain the costs of this union?