Obama To Progressives: This Is Just The Foundation :Huff Post

[mucifer]

By Ryan Grim

President Obama began his meeting with leading House progressives by bringing in a letter from an Ohio woman who wrote him to say that her skyrocketing premiums will soon cause her to lose her health insurance.

"It was a very serious, low-key discussion. If this was a piano, you're hearing very deep chords here," said one member who asked for anonymity.
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Of those, only Kucinich voted no, but Christensen and Bordallo don't have a vote on the House floor. None of the members, including Kucinich, indicated that they would vote any differently this time around. "I think left the meeting leaving the impression with the president that he's a no-go," said Schakowsky.

But, said one attendee, Obama pointed Kucinich toward single-payer language that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was able to get into the bill. Kucinich fought for an amendment that would allow states to adopt single-payer systems without getting sued by insurance companies. Obama told Kucinich that Sanders's measure was similar but doesn't kick in for several years. "He definitely wrote it down," said one member of Kucinich, suggesting that he'd look into it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/04/obama-to-progressives-thi_n_486426.html

[GeorgeGist]

1. vapid

[denimgirly]

2. It's a start, however, Consistent Caving will never fix it.

The PO could have been in if he supported instead of fought it.
I wish he wouldnt sound like he had no choice.