For the last eight years, we've taken pride in our ability to embrace objective reality, as opposed to the far-right which operates based on superstition and bumper stickers.
So here's the objective reality regarding healthcare reform. There's no chance in hell that killing the bill will result in any sort of new bill, or a reboot, or anything resembling a public plan or single-payer for quite some time -- perhaps decades.
If you can live with that, I honestly respect your integrity. But killing the bill will only bring temporary satisfaction in knowing that progressives really showed 'em! And then, after the bill is dead and the satisfaction wears off, a deadly serious healthcare crisis lacking even the most basic of reforms will still be there. Completely unchecked.
Or we can pass this bill, perhaps pass a public option in a reconciliation deal later on, fill in loopholes with additional amendments along the way. And then the "long war" will, in fact, be won by progressives.