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time.com - 10/27/2009

Will Reid's Public Option Health Gamble Pay Off?

— time.com — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided he has the votes to get a health reform bill... with a public option to the Senate floor. Does he have the votes it will take to get it out of the Chamber? (more) Will Reid's Public Option Health Gamble Pay Off?

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washingtonpost.com - 10/27/2009

insurance bill will include opt

— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from... the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) insurance bill will include opt

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 10/27/2009

So What Is the 'Opt-Out' Compromise?

— talkingpointsmemo.com — Sen. Reid's announcement today is just one more increment in the progress of health care reform. But... it is worth stepping back to note the importance that an outside-the-box idea can have in significantly changing the terms of a major policy debate. ... (more) So What Is the 'Opt-Out' Compromise?

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Firedoglake — I guess I can understand David Broder not being cognizant of using “the Google”, though basic history awareness would be nice, but how about his editors engaging in some fact checking? But then maybe ol’ Davey, George Will and Krauthammer share the same editor? That’s a lot of error for one person to catch. Today “the Dean” says this: ...

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Rising Hegemon — I guess I can understand David Broder not being cognizant of using "the Google", though basic history awareness would be nice, but how about his editors engaging in some fact checking? But then maybe ol' Davey, George Will and Krauthammer share the same editors? That's a lot of error for one person to catch. Today "the Dean" says this: Consider the precedent that would be set if a major piece of social legislation were to be passed with a states' rights provision. Imagine, for example, if Franklin Roosevelt had ...

Truly a moronic column from David Broder
Open Left - Quick Hits's RSS Feed — ... the entire column: "Rather than bring a bill without the public option to the Senate floor and then hope to merge it in conference with a House bill almost certain to include such a provision, Reid bent to the political pressure and put his own needs first." Why,  one might ask,  cannot  the same logic  be applied to the opt-out? Ahh, but then there would be no point to the Broder column. And newspapers wonder why their circulation is falling. Hint. http://www.washingtonpost.com/...