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Blue Dog Ross Comes Out Against Public Option
By Perry Bacon Jr.
Washington Post
Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), the Blue Dog congressman who battled with Democratic Party leaders for much of July before reaching an agreement on health-care reform legislation, said Tuesday that he could no longer back the government-insurance option included in the bill he voted for before the congressional recess.
"I have been skeptical about the public health insurance option from the beginning and used August to get feedback from you, my constituents," he wrote in a statement his office released publicly. "An overwhelming number of you oppose a government-run health insurance option, and it is your feedback that has led me to oppose the public option as well."
Capitol Briefing - Blue Dog Ross Comes Out Against Public Option
Well what do you know... There's at least one democrat that actually listens to his constituents.
It's also good news that all the people who showed up to protest the democrats health care plan, had some effect.
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