From The Hill
After months on life support, the public option died Tuesday.
Quite interesting that our President and Democratic Congress have decided to toss the public option before the summit even begins, one day before the big push for phone calls, etc., and after reports from several states of the public option's popularity.
The White House on Tuesday squelched any momentum the public option had attracted over the last week.
Lovely, just lovely. No words.
And the House is apparently throwing in the towel now as well:
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) indicated that the public option is likely dead, citing Obama’s decision not to include it in his healthcare proposal that was released on Monday.
The majority leader also said Democrats may pursue a scaled-back health bill.
And Nancy too:
At a Tuesday afternoon event previewing the House’s consideration of a bill to strip private health insurers of their anti-trust exemption, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did not criticize the lack of a public insurance plan in Obama’s bill, and also suggested that it simply may not have the votes to pass in the upper chamber.
And coincidently, Carper backed off signing the letter today.
Words just fail.