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In reply to the discussion: By Ditching the Public Option, Obama Gave His Enemies a Path to the Supreme Court [View all]slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)posted by Bvar.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002472947#post131
You never replied in that thread, you just keep on asking the same question in different threads. One would almost think Lieberman is president.
You want to start from Lieberman, but you really need to go back to the beginning of the Obama administration to see what was done and what was not done!
Forget about what was said, watch was done.
As Kucinich said years ago, take it to the people first.
The public option was different as it was never really defined, there were so many different versions. Nobody knew exactly what it was, how it would work etc. When the public option was described as being similar to Medicare the polls showed a higher percentage of people in favor of it.
What the public option was, a BIG distraction from a national, not for profit HC system that two-thirds of the country said they wanted, but the Dems ignored their wishes.