Reply #15: The story is built around one out-of-context line by Sebeilus

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"I think what's important is choice and competition, and I'm convinced that at the end of the day the plan will have both of those -- but that is not the essential element," she said of the government-run insurance option on CNN's "State of the Union" show.

Exactly what does she mean by the "essential element"--the choice and competition, or the public option? And why can't the public option be one of the choices?

Keep in mind that the national media stand to lose a chunk of ad revenues from for-profit healthcare if the public option goes through.

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