Obama is *really* pissed that his taking the Public Option off the table

[KeepItReal]

was and still is a sore spot with folks like me in the Democratic party.

He was not nearly as worked up about Republican obstructionism on EVERYTHING that Democrats are trying to do, big and small.

[eleny]

1. Sure sounded like it

He keeps minimizing how important it is for the U.S. to have a Public Option. As if minimizing it makes it so.

[yourout]

2. +1.....if we had even a modest public option he would be considered a god.

It is far and away his biggest mistake so far.

[John Q. Citizen]

3. It's because Obama knows Americans want a government run health insurance system, and he knows his

corporate backers are against the idea.

so of course he's sensitive about it. He knows he's in the wrong.

[theaocp]

5. Hard to be a mistake

when you intend that to be the result from the beginning.

[truthspeak]

4. "Public Option" is one of the biggest myths ever

I blame Pelosi and others for getting the left so worked up on such a political myth. lol

[John Q. Citizen]

6. Why it was Obama's hand picked man in the Senate, Max Baucus

who put the Public Option right there in his health care white paper outlining what was on the table for health care reform.


The public option was their bargaining chip.


The plan was to prop up the criminal insurance industry all along. Which is what they did.