Reply #54: Public option

[zipplewrath]

The entire reason that many on the left were willing to accept a public option instead of single payer was because it was perceived that it basically couldn't fail (if given a chance). It was seen as the pathway to single payer, because it would be so successful that ultimately it would be the "singular" payer. It's why the insurance companies feared it more than anything else. It's why Lieberman oppposed it.

And again, single payer polled very well, and medicare is very popular, as is veteran's care. But keep up that "it's not popular" line.