[Nachum]

The list, ping

[KarlInOhio]

Just because you tossed it under the bus doesn't mean it's dead. Socialized medicine is like the Terminator. It just keeps coming back and coming back and if you keep even a little piece of it, it will likely be rebuilt.

[muawiyah]

To which Obama’s chief advisor, Rahm Emanuel probably said “I’ve heard ducks fart under water before”.

[Billthedrill]

It's a bluff. Politics is the art of the possible, and you take what you can get. Certain radical followers may consider the Dem majority a blank check but practical politicians know better, or should. 100 Dems voting against their guy in the White House because they don't get a pony for Christmas are 100 Dems who are going to end up with empty begging bowls come time for a 2010 endorsement. That's how the game is played, boys.

That said, I wish they would. But they won't.

[Danae]

Don’t think you can put it in there with out a fight, he means.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"public option"

"Public" is a euphemism for government.

And "option" is boob bait for the bubbas. It will quickly become the only game in town - indeed, that is largely true for retirees, right now.

[rolling_stone]

all one needs to do is look at the original social security act and how it has grown to gigantic proportions over the years, they get a foot in the door and we will lose the whole house.