Nelson flips on health care public option, now 'open'

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/28/nelson-health-flip/

Nelson flips on health care public option, tells Nebraska Dems he’s ‘open’ to one.

Earlier this month, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) declared that he was against including a public option in health care reform, calling it a “deal breaker.” But Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim reports that in a meeting with health care advocates in Nebraska yesterday, Nelson said that he was open to including a public plan:

Nelson, according to two people in the room, told the group that he was open to a public option, the primary Democratic goal of reform and anathema to conservatives.

“The good news for

The good news for all sides involved is that he’s open mined,” said Barry Rubin, the former Executive Director for the Nebraska Democratic Party, who was in the meeting. “He’s not closed minded about a public option.”

Can't imagine how that happened

The only way that asshole opened his mind would be if he slipped and fell, cracking his head opened.

since his last public statement.

Max Baucus also had a town hall meeting where half the crowd was cheering single-payer and public-option advocates, and were champing at the bit to demand real health care reform.

Public pressure works.

Lesson to be learned?

CALL YOUR SENATORS!!!

Demand single payer or public option, and demand that any public option is a real, strong public option, not Ben Nelson's trigger, not watered down.

The more we bug them, the better they're forced to behave.

:kick:

a higher bidder, or good old fashioned arm-twisting?

and failure. Or some sort of poison pill.

Though a public plan must be able to compete, and I'm not sure how far Nelson will go in order to do so.

People who want DADT overturned faster. Hit the phones with Congress.

Handy Congressional Directory: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Enter your zip and hit go!

I am betting Rahm did all three. Plus cursed him out.

He stinks!