rd wrote: > Reid's Opt-Out: The Devil is In the Details > According to Barack Obama, only about 5% of the people would be signing up for a public option - those that are now uninsured - an the public option is just a small feature of the proposed health care insurance reform plan.
Harry Reid is up for re-election in 2010, but I don't see how Reid is going to prevent a filibuster in the Senate. This is probably just all about home-state politics as usual. The big deal is that passage of a public option might help pass a single-payer system in the future.
