The Public Option? The President's position hasn't changed. He's maintaining its a part of the Health Insurance Exchange. It's not the entirety of the plan. It's there to promote competition.
"We feel strongly we need to introduce competition and choice..."
Bipartisanship? We're eager to work with anyone who wants to work with us.
How bad was August. It was less bad than you (newsmedia) guys seem to think.
Anything you want to back off on, because of August? Principles remain the same, and on that there can be no compromise.
Reconciliation? Wednesday isn't about a procedural discussion. It's laying out what we need to do.
My feeling is that one or two minutes of this interview will be broadcast on tonight's NBC Evening News. Just in case it is only one or two minutes, here's the whole thing:
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