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THE HILL: Tide turns against public option on eve of President Obama?s address. ?Political momentu?

By Glenn Reynolds

THE HILL: Tide turns against public option on eve of President Obama’s address. “Political momentum appeared to swing sharply against the public health insurance option prized by liberals Tuesday, on the eve of President Barack Obama?s address to a joint session of Congress. Democratic leaders in the House and Senate on Tuesday signaled they are increasingly willing to pass healthcare reform without a public insurance option, even while Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) again insisted it must be included in a House healthcare bill. . . . But Pelosi may have undercut liberals earlier this summer when she told reporters that there was little chance liberals would vote against a proposal that expanded health insurance to millions of Americans.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).