Reply #4: There's also the "nuclear option" [View All]

[wryter2000]

You can change the Senate rules with a simple majority -- bye-bye filibuster.

I've always opposed that tactic, but I think this case is important enough to consider it. Change the rules, pass health care with a public option, change the rules back.

BTW, I don't think any kind of health care plan can pass without doing that or reconcilliation. No matter what we attempt, Repugs say no. It isn't just a matter of giving something to the insurance companies. They've declared that this will be Obama's Waterloo. They'll never go along with anything.