I think the main thing is that if the Congress is going to pass something other than the public option then they’re going to have create something just as good under a different name. If the compromise is a trigger, the trigger needs to be a hair-trigger. Obama has already agreed to move off the public option as it was envisioned in the 4 bills that have passed through committee. But, whatever he comes with instead has to be acceptable to the progressive caucus. If this bill tanks, it’s going to be because centrists wouldn’t compromise and progressives wouldn’t capitulate.
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