Don't Blame the White House?
Rahm: Public option will not make it through the Senate.
But click the story, and you see this headline:
Emanuel Pessimistic On Public Option In Senate
And further down the story, comes the key 'graph:
Appearing on Charlie Rose last night, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel sounded less than optimistic that the Senate's health care reform bill would include a public option.
"I think the Senate's been clear what the prospects [are]," Emanuel said. "That doesn't mean in the House, they're not gonna come to the table and demand it."
He also wouldn't say for sure whether there will be a public option in the final legislation.
"It has to be what the conference has to negotiate," he said.
How is this news?
I don't need TPM participating in the same kind of hackery that Huffington Post does occasionally, and the SMSM does nearly all the damn time.
The story is the story. Nothing changed from before this story was written. It was coming down to Conference before this. It's coming down to Conference after. Rahm just confirmed it, that's all.
