Legal Commentary

Pelosi: No HCR Bill Can Pass The House Without A Public Option

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she won’t be able to pass health-care legislation in her chamber if the measure doesn’t include a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers. “There’s no way I can pass a bill in the House of Representatives without a public option,” Pelosi, a California Democrat, said at a press conference in San Francisco today.

The Blue Dog revolt in the Senate, led by the insane and extreme Kent Conrad, is acting against the expressed wishes of President Obama:

Obama today reiterated his support for the proposal. “If we have a public option in there it will help keep insurance companies honest,” he told a group of community volunteers in Washington.

The question Matt Yglesias, Ezra Klein, Kevin Drum and Paul Starr need to ask themselves is why are the aligning themselves against the express wishes of President Obama and with the Blue Dog position?

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on August 20, 2009 (boomark / email).