everybody else is posting about Health Care Reform, why shouldn't I?

[sev]

Why are senate democrats trying to scare the public option out of the healthcare bill? Could they *really* get away with lifting their support from health care reform?

Huffpo reporter Ryan Grim asks Where is Kent Conrad Getting his Whip Count?

A Politico article from several weeks ago seems to imply it's incoming Dems first elected in '08 who are putting "bipartisanship" above good sense.

I mean, I can find a list of "blue dog democrats" in the House to push on. But in the Senate? We've got 60 votes, people. Neither Kennedy nor Byrd is going to sit this one out, so let's not blame their ailing health for this one.

Why the scary words about us maybe not having the votes?

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[xlerb.livejournal.com]

I've been pointed at a list of Democrats in the House who have said they'll vote no if there isn't a public option (http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2009/08/16/sorry-cant-pass-health-care-bill-without-a-public-option/), and it's enough that the rest of the Dems don't have a majority; the author also opines that it'll be a cold day in hell before the Republicans vote for any form of the health care bill, public option or no.

[sev]

yeah, I'm pretty satisfied with what's going on in the House. Or at least, I'm not baffled.

But the statement that somehow we couldn't get the public option through in the Senate? That baffles me. That implies that there's a democratic senator who's thinking about opposing it. WTF?