by Lee Stranahan
Fringe lunatic group The New York Times reports
Some Democrats and industry lobbyists now argue that, in negotiating deals through Mr. Baucus’s panel with powerful health care interests, the White House was tacitly signaling as early as last spring that it might end up accepting something more modest than the government insurer the president has said he prefers.
The article is balanced but the story shows that the White House may be the single biggest threat to the Public Option. Crazy angry Grampa yelling at a Congressman has no power to derail The Option in favor of weak, industry approved co-ops. The President does.
The threat is real and there’s still time to counter this. This is where all progressives need to be pushing back at this point.
