Already, the group of six has tossed aside the idea of a government-run insurance plan that would compete with private insurers, which the president supports but Republicans said was a deal-breaker.I'm in favor of single payer. But if Obama is going to get through some kind of inferior public plan, doesn't he need to raise the temperature by insisting this gang of six not control the resulting bill?
Update: The story I cite here and Obama's limp defense of public option must be seen in the context of the "co-op squeeze play" Jane Hamsher writes about, HERE. Whaaaat? Insurance stocks SOARING?
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