Reply #207: I didn't mention the Public Option

[zipplewrath]

The primary complaint of many was the process, the back door deals that weren't back door by then. The deals with Nebraska medicare, the agreement with Big Pharma, and there were already stories on the street that they had "sold off" the public option. Whether you supported the public option, or HCR at all, all of this stuff was extremely objectionable. They lost the Kennedy seat because of the independents, not the progressives. If they lose in 2012, it will be because the independents abandon them, not the progressives.