I’ll see your Michael Capuano and Sam Farr and raise you a John Conyers, who pledges to oppose any health care bill that does not have a Medicare-like public plan. No triggers, no co-ops, no BS:

Thanks to Rep. Sutton for doing the right thing. Call her office and make sure that she knows that a “public option” does not mean co-ops and does not mean triggers.

Sutton’s offices: (440) 245-5350, (202) 225-3401, (330) 865-8450

If you are one of the 3,103 who donated $6,071.43 to Capuano or the 2,870 who donated $5,691.07 to Farr based on the letter they signed to vote against any bill that does not have a robust public option, call them and tell them you want it back.

Josh Marshall: “Am I the only one who thinks that if the Dems pass a bill with mandates and subsidies for poor and moderate income people to purchase it but no public option or competition with the insurers, that it will be pretty much a catastrophe for the Democrats in political terms?”

One of the manifest triumphs of the internet era is the immediacy with which news is digested and delivered. Those much-vaunted “editors” that beltway journalists once told bloggers we so desperately needed but sadly lacked have now been dispensed with courtesy of Twitter, and we get to see the unvarnished genius of our media elites without mediation as their every thought occurs to them.

November 2008: Max Baucus circulates a white paper — the "generic Democratic health care plan" — which includes a public plan, and an emphasis on affordability and availability. September 2009: Max Baucus circulates a health care bill forcing low- to middle-income to buy "junk" insurance they can’t afford to use to earn Republican support, which [...]

Jack Turner from Jack & Jill Politics:

This White House, this administration and this president failed Van, failed its supporters and failed to honor the efforts of millions that got them into office in the first place. What’s the point of having power if you don’t use it? When will this White House realize that nothing it does will ever be acceptable to the loud-mouthed, ignorant minority? When will it learn that you cannot negotiate with terrorists??

Andy Stern on Twitter:

Van Jones deserved a more spirited defense. I underestimated the traction of the attacks – and like the White House should have done more

Van Jones was a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress. It would have been nice if he had found a way to work that in there.

Statement of Justin Ruben, Executive Director of MoveOn: The right-wing smear campaign that wrongly forced Van Jones’ resignation represents Washington at its worst. Van Jones has worked tirelessly to bring jobs and environmental progress to some of the poorest communities in our nation. His dedication and leadership are exactly what we need more of in [...]