Reid dives at the chance..
Senate Leader Takes Risk Pushing Public Insurance Plan
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By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: October 22, 2009
WASHINGTON — In pushing to include a government-run health insurance plan in the health care bill, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, is taking a calculated gamble that the 60 members of his caucus could support the plan if it included a way for states to opt out.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/he...h.html?_r=1&hp
I don't know why they don't just put their plan on the table and go for it. The Demoncrats want a public option and they want a single payer system in the end. Why be subversive about it? Put it out there and let the voters tell them what they think about it in the next election.