So the plan was always to be Romneycare? What was all that public option stuff? All the other stuff?

[Stinky The Clown]

From the CBS transcript of the 60 Minutes interview:

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, partly because I couldn't get the kind of cooperation from Republicans that I had hoped for. We thought that if we shaped a bill that wasn't that different from bills that had previously been introduced by Republicans -- including a Republican governor in Massachusetts who's now running for President -- that, you know, we would be able to find some common ground there. And we just couldn't.


This was from the 7th ¶ from the bottom of the 4th page of Transcript 1, here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/11/07/60minutes/main7032276_page4.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

So why did we have all the drama? What was the reason for all those meetings? And I thought the bill was crafted by the Congress?

What ought we anticipate on the bush tax cut extensions?

If I am misinterpreting any of this, serious, respectful refutation will be respectfully considered. If you just wish to come into this thread and snark, don't expect me to even acknowledge you.