Pelosi: No To Health Care Co-Ops

Courtesy Donklephant  Fri, 06/12/2009 - 6:51am

House Dems are bound and determined to make a public option their first priority, and I can understand why.

This has been a long time coming and they’re convinced that only the federal government can compete with private industry.

But what she’s missing is the idea that Kent Conrad brought up…which is the public option may not have the votes.

So if she pushes through a bill that can’t pass the Senate, could this spell...



 

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