henry waxman

It boils down to this…a public option will remain, but co-ops will be part of the deal too.

This will likely pass in the House, and the public option will be booted from the Senate’s version.

More from MSNBC…

The global warming debate is heating up in the House, leading to the kind of quirky moments that are a common feature of life on the Hill.

Next week, Henry Waxman (D-CA), will bring his Waxman-Markey climate-control bill before the Energy and Commerce Committee he chairs.

Just minutes after Waxman announced he was “very, very close” to agreement on the legislation, his Republican counterpart held his own press conference, using some choice words to downplay Waxman’s confidence.