Because she still thinks that moving to the right will help her win reelection. She's making a huge mistake with crap like this:
I've already alerted the Leader and I'm promising my colleagues that I'm prepared to vote against moving to the next stage of consideration as long as a government-run public option is included.
Creigh Deeds ran against the president on healthcare reform, too.
Today he's eyeballing a management gig at a Stuckey's franchise.
The public option is EASY to sell. To run to the right instead of simply selling the plan is lazy and antiquated Democratic politics -- and it's a losing strategy.
(I was kidding about Creigh Deeds and Stuckey's.)
Adding... Blanche Lincoln was for the public option before she was against it. When will conservadems learn that it's a winning strategy to stick with a position while making an effective pitch for it?