On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:19 AM, raunchydog<raunchy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It looks like the White House is trying to put the cat back in the public > option bag AGAIN. Apparently Sebelius "misspoke" that a public option is not > part of health reform.
#1, RD, I know what open option is with respect to the health care bill(s). I've been reading everything I can get my hands on about the issues and of course getting the rest of my information from Rachael Maddow. #2. You keep on running off that the sky is falling. You are not doing the White House any good and I'm sure they have many of your hysterical rants about health care posted here. The fact is, this is politics. Congress is in recess. It would be utterly stupid for Obama to waste his energy doing a lot of campaigning on health care right now. The president uses TV and Air Force One. No need to hop on a private rail car like Harry Truman and do whistle stop campaigning. Obama is a smart cookie and he's got some smart staff. He's also got a lot of people who voted for him to get health care passed. When recess is about to end, expect Obama, Joe Biden, cabinet members to be saturating the air waves, flying all over the country for town hall meetings and expect a lot of quid pro quo bargaining. Obama will get the best deal he can at the time, knowing that once he opens the door, it'll be easier to open further and harder to close back again. With respect to the mere pittance Obama worked out with pharm about lowering prices. Wait until Obama really squeezes their gonads to lower more. We have hurricane and swine flu season coming. Things to capitalize on. To paraphrase my favorite philosopher Joe Dimaggio, it ain't over until Hilary sings.
