White House backing down from Public Option?

[Ohio Democrat]

ARTICLE - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26158.html

VIDEO - http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=34089739001

[gateley]

1. This has been posted a few times, and sparked some

lively debate!

I think we don't know for sure, so we'll have to see what Obama himself says. :shrug:

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Ohio Democrat]

3. sorry for the repost

but thanks for the warm welcome! :)

[gateley]

6. You certainly weren't the only one to re-post this, so don't worry about it. nt

[tridim]

2. Posted over and over and over and over...

and over and over and over again.

POLITICO IS A RW NEWS SOURCE.

Refuted by Robert Gibbs right here..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4017510

[FrenchieCat]

4. If it Politico, you can bet your sweet ass......

it is a Right Wing Directive, and nothing more.

[obliviously]

5. deja vu all over agan!

[unlawflcombatnt]

7. Yes, it certainly is.

Both Obama and Sebelius have said a public option is not mandatory.

[brooksfb]

8. Public Option Day September 2nd

The inclusion of a public option in health care reform is
absolutely essential to ensuring that this change serves the
people and not the insurance and pharmaceutical companies. 
The delivery of the country into the hands of the democratic
party came with the responsibility to change the way
Washington does business and the democratic party has much to
lose if it appears to sell out the interests of the common
good for big business and small victories.  I hear this
sentiment everywhere and not just in blue Massachusetts. The
majority of this country supports the public option and it is
important that this majority becomes a visible entity.  In
this spirit, I propose a Public Option Day with your support. 
I will be holding an event at the Massachusetts State House in
Boston on September 2nd from noon-2pm and also encouraging
those who cannot attend the event but support the inclusion of
a public option to wear a unifying color (blue, of course...)
to show our majority status.  If you are in the Boston Area,
please come out!  And if you are elsewhere, make Public Option
Day happen in your own city and we can become a unified voice.
 Please show us your support in this effort and we can win the
reform that we and future generations require.  Thank you.