Reply #15: Yeah, he didn't try a hair brained strategy.

[Radical Activist]

Even if it was mistake, they were using a political strategy that makes more sense. That doesn't mean there was some secret plan to sabotage what they had spent months fighting for.

You wrote: "When 70% of the public supports a public option, it should not be too terribly difficult to convince politicians to listen to the overwhelming majority of their constituents."

Then why didn't the Senate support it? Obviously it was that hard. Maybe it would have helped for progressives groups to focus on the Senate more instead of whining about Obama.