Reply #61: Remember the plan: Get this bill out of committee.

[backscatter712]

In order to keep the process moving forward, Baucus has to crap his turd of a bill onto the Senate floor.

If there had been a huge pie-fight over the public option today, it's possible Baucus would have found another way to slow-walk it.

Get it on the floor, get it merged with the HELP Committee bill, get it past the floor vote, get it in conference committee (there's multiple opportunities to put the public option back in.)

But first, take the ball away from Blue Cross Baucus.