Despite the fact ObamaCare makes most Americans sick, four Democrat senators are asking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to use reconciliation, a procedural maneuver, otherwise known as the “nuclear option”, requiring only 51 votes, to push for a public health insurance option.
Sens. Michael Bennet (Colo.),
Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.),
Sherrod Brown (Ohio)
and Jeff Merkley (Ore.)
signed a letter to Reid saying they support this plan for four reasons: the cost savings the public option is estimated to achieve, continued public support for the public option, the need for increased competition in the insurance market and the Senate's history of using the reconciliation process for health care reform.The letter points to the last CBS News/ New York Times poll that surveyed Americans on the public option, from Dec. 2009, which showed that 59 percent of Americans supported the public option.
However, Allahpundit at Hot Air points out the following:
As nutty as this sounds to fiscal conservatives, is it really that bad of an idea politically? The public option has polled consistently well, especially vis-a-vis the toxic numbers for the overall bill.
That’s due to several factors — dumb poll questions, poor GOP messaging about the slippery slope of government-run health care, and the minor detail that most of the public doesn’t understand what the public option is
These Dems are getting more and more desperate and panic grows as ship Obama continues to sink.
Via CBS News
Via Hot Air
Via Memeorandum
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