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Well but they wanted a public option all along, and fell just short of the votes for it in the senate.
Oh, I know they did. But the reality was that even with a super majority, there wasn't even a majority of Democrats that were willing to ge ton board at that time with a Public Option. Which was kind of my point...this was an attempt for a middle ground that is extremely ineffective because it bipolar in nature, with the philosophies within it conflicting with each other rather than accentuating each other. It's a transitional law that's undoubtably likely to fail in a variety of ways setting the stage for another battle for a Single Payer system or full on Market focused reform.