> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009, ABC's Poobah of Polling, Gary Langer was quoted
> saying:
>
>> While we found 62 percent in favor of a public option in June, that
>> dived to 37 percent if it would put many private insurers out of
>> business because they couldn't compete, as critics charge.
>
> Damn. So it's not only Grassley (who's paid to think this) but
> two-thirds of the populace?
Oh, it's definitely not just Grassley. Many people worry that they're own insurance will be adversely affected by the proposed changes. Why they're not worried that their own insurance will be *canceled* by the soulless actuaries that decide when they'll be dropped from the rolls is left as an exercise for the reader.
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor