Standing strong to keep the choice of a public option in any health care reform that emerges from Congress is full time, multi-level job. So, hats off to all of you that have called, written to, blogged about, and asked questions of your US Representatives. And a special ten-gallon hat tip to folks at Blue Jersey, Illinois Progress, Calitics, Ohio Daily, and Buckeye State Blog for their work. We noticed. Roll Call noticed. And, yes, you’re seeing it right, Captain B.J. Honeycutt (Hunnicut? Hunnicutt?) noticed, too. . .

Shorter Nita: reform is so important, she will vote for any bill including the word “reform.”

FDL Action asked Congress to put off the August recess and stay in DC to pass a health care reform bill that includes a robust public option. We asked you to join the fight, and you responded with over 32,000 signatures in just 36 hours. Those signatures were presented to House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who personally accepted them, and told our Mike Stark that America has waited for 61 years for this, and any delay will just sentence another generation to disparate, inferior care.

Let's match dollars to petition signatures: can we raise $32,274 to pressure the House to pass health care reform before vacation? 

When a member calls for “bipartisanship,” ask him or her what Americans get for that—because if Democrats stuck together on H.R. 3200, Americans could get meaningful health care reform.

The SEIU, though not one of the backers of an ad campaign pressuring Democratic Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu to support affordable public health insurance, has been aggressively organizing support for inclusion of a public option in any health care reform legislation.

If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, take a look at this clip, and then get in the game. If you have already been making those phone calls, thank you! A vote is imminent, so whippers old and new, it is time to take to the phones!