Obama quietly tries to shore up Senate support for public option

The president has backed off from vocally supporting the idea of government-run healthcare, but he's quietly building a coalition of supporters. The challenge: Find a version that can pass. Full Story »

Posted by Kristin Gorski - via Memeorandum, Google News (U.S.)

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Lisa Lindo
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by Lisa Lindo - Oct. 6, 2009

Besides using terms like "death knell" and "so called public option", the reporting here seems rather straight forward and honest. While President Obama is dealing with the pre-existing condition of legislators who receive chunks of their campaign donations from medical corporations, it's helpful when the press begins to report on the public option, or more aptly the non-profit option, in terms of its viability and inevitability.

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