... importantly, the bill that will be reported to the Senate floor will contain a public option, which leaves it with a certain amount of inertial momentum. But I do think it's going ... which might leave it shy of a majority. So what can advocates for the public option do? To be frank, I'm not sure that they can do all that much. This is mostly a matter of how Lincoln, Nelson and Lieberman ...

... active negotiator and a leader on crafting versions of the public option throughout the debate. As reported by Talking Points Memo, ... until virtually the last minute based on objections to the public option and other parts of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader ... senators expressed a desire to discuss the public option currently in the Senate bill. Of course, Senator Schumer did not rule ...

... " thought it would end up too much like what they have up in Canada. So the compromise was to give the public option only to Americans who wouldn't be covered either by their employers or by Medicaid. And give them coverage ... in the Senate. So Harry Reid has proposed an even tinier public option, which states can decide not to offer their citizens. According to the CBO, it would attract no ...

... a health care bill passed with a public option. He could use reconciliation to pass a bill with a simple majority. He ... Joe Lieberman in threatening to filibuster the bill if it had a public option. If Reid thinks their threats are for real and actually plans to ... vast majority of American people who support the public option, why should the Democratic base do anything to stand up for Harry Reid? ...

... Harry Reid will soon have to choose between a triggered public option and no health care bill. She also says Sen. Chuck ... people to buy crappy insurance. The public option, as limited as it is, is the foot in the door to providing more and better options ... 39;t a compromise. It's no kind of public option and should not be supported by anyone calling themselves a progressive. It's a capitulation ...

... reimbursement rates with physicians. The Senate’s public option would save the government $3 billion over 10 years, ... concluded. Lincoln, who supported giving Americans the choice of enrolling in a public option as recently as July, is arguing that ... short-sighted and inconsistent. She is doubting the integrity of the public option, while tacitly assuming that private insurers — who ...