Public option will be out temproarily. When was the last time the left gave up on anything? This will end up back in the final legislation. You can bet the house on that...
Obama is a committed marxist as are 90% of the heads of all committees in Congress. If it takes a little longer they're cool with thta.
Oh no doubt. They’ll just reword things and go with a more clever trojan horse next time. They miscalculated in trying to openly sell it as a public plan.