Buried in a NYT article on Baucus:

[babylonsister]

So he's well aware of the large, vocal consituency. Keep it up, you troublemakers! ;)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/us/politics/24baucus.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

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He conceded that it was a mistake to rule out a fully government-run health system, or a “single-payer plan,” not because he supports it but because doing so alienated a large, vocal constituency and left Mr. Obama’s proposal of a public health plan to compete with private insurers as the most liberal position.

[AtomicKitten]

1. I don't the think the public option is a liberal position.

I think short of single-payer it's the ONLY proposal on the table that is genuine reform.

There is no point in pushing forward a healthcare bill without reform. It would be yet another ridiculous exercise in counting on insurance companies to play nice. We saw how nicely that worked out with the banks.

[WCGreen]

2. Really and truly they should just scap it if there is no public option...

I mean, what's the point then.

It will just be business as usual...

[AtomicKitten]

3. Agreed.

:fistbump:

[babylonsister]

4. I agree, which is why people need to get even more vocal;

seems they're being heard.