Following up on Rahm's non-comment today (also reported in the Huffington Post and the Hill), we now have:
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), saying that Rahm is wrong about the Public Option...
...and Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) both saying that we're going to get a Public Option.
Either these three men (only one of whom -- Brown -- I consider a true Liberal) are putting themselves waaay out on a limb here, or...they know something we don't.
Oh, and here is some lovely video of Rockefeller tearing into Sen. John Kyl (R-AZ), calling him a whore for the Insurance Lobby...in Senate-speak, of course:
And finally, according to Huffington Post (whom I'll always kick around, but cite when they have...you know...actual news), the Public Option Amendment is being debated tomorrow.
At the end of the day, Progressives will have one of two things:
Either a Public Option in the Finance Committee Bill.
or...
The names of Democrats who are going to require a Primary Challenge in their next elections.
And if Rockefeller's Amendment doesn't make it this time, worry not. He'll get plenty of other chances when:
They merge the HELP Committee (that has the PO) and Finance Commitee Bills...
...When the Final Senate Bill hits the Floor...
...and in the Conference Bill merges the House Bill (with a PO) with whatever the Senate passes.
It's the 3rd Quarter people...
...or Seventh Inning, depending on your sports metaphor.
