Lieberman threatens to filibuster any bill with a public option. This a complete reversal of what he was saying during the 2006 election. It also begs the question: why does Lieberman still have his committee gavel and what is Obama doing about it?
Gibbs says Obama has not really done a thing yet.
All major polls show that support for the public option is growing while opposition is fading.
Carper is pushing for the public option opt-in and Lieberman is looking at state-based public plans. They are two very different proposals, although they range from terrible to worthless.
Olympia Snowe is very disappointed with the public option opt-out.
Jane points out the huge problem with what might be the new law about biologics. They are the cutting edge of medicine, and often out of reach to people–even those with insurance–because of price.



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I may be overly skeptical but I don’t quite buy that Lieberman suddenly decided on his own to announce he will filibuster the public option bill. I suspect Obama has a hand in this as a strategy to get Reid to remove the public option from the health care reform bill. Obama may prefer a bill without the public option for his eleven dimensional chess maneuvering.