Kucinich: "I have a responsibility to take a stand here on behalf of those who want a public option"

[kpete]

From Democracy Now (3/11/10)

DENNIS KUCINICH: I mean, I have a responsibility to take a stand here on behalf of those who want a public option. There’s about thirty-four members of the Senate, at least, who have signed on to saying they support a public option. If I were to just concede right now and say, "Well, you know, whatever you want. All this pressure’s building. Just forget about it," actually weakens every last-minute bit of negotiations that would try to improve the bill. So I think that it’s really critical to take this stand, because without it, there’s no real control over premiums. Without it, we have nothing in the bill except the privatization of our healthcare system.

http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/11/rep_dennis_kucinich_takes_on_democratic

kpete: makes sense to me.
Thanks Dennis