Inside Washington

The Administration is hoping that the Democratic Leadership Council, the moderate group that helped PRESIDENT CLINTON'S election but has been ignored, will back away from the Cooper-Breaux health-care plan, the chief rival to the Clinton plan in Congress. With this in mind, Clinton will speak at the DLC's annual conference on Friday. It may be a tough sell: DLC president Al From has privately criticized the Clinton plan and said Ira Magaziner, the White Houses health guru, has a "Rasputin-like hold" on the President and Mrs. Clinton.