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Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Senator's health care plan skips public option
Senator's health care plan skips public option, source says - CNN.com

Republicans put all their eggs in the "Public Option" basket in trying to shoot this down. Now that it has been taken out, and even though the waters are still muddied from the opposition's mis-information, this bill is well on its way to becoming law.

JD, Republicans (and conservative Democrats) didn't want the "Public Option" because it had a ridiculous pricetag attached. They weren't just using it as an excuse to shoot down health care reform. I think most Republicans would say that health care needs to be reformed. The public option was just another way of hitting the taxpayers in the wallet and most politicians knew that would go over like a fart in church.