On Oct 23, 2009, at 12:17 PM, SA wrote:
> Let me just underline this part for those who might have skipped
> over it:
>
> Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>> OBAMA APPEARS TO PREFER TRIGGER, reports POLITICO's Carrie Budoff
>> Brown: 'Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is leaning toward putting
>> a public insurance option in the Senate health reform bill - a
>> signal that Reid increasingly believes he can get the votes needed
>> for a plan that would allow states to opt out of the program,
>> senators said Thursday. But President Barack Obama stopped short of
>> endorsing the approach during a hastily called meeting Thursday
>> with the Senate Democratic leadership at the White House, according
>> to an administration official. Instead, one Democratic source said
>> Obama appeared to prefer a 'trigger' option put forth by Sen.
>> Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who has proposed allowing states to join a
>> national insurance plan if affordable coverage was not widely
>> available. This would suggest the president has not abandoned his
>> goal of striking a bipartisan deal.
Yup. All for one stinking Republican vote! Why is Olympia Snowe running this show?