Summary
So, much of the country is mired in controversy over Teddy Kennedy's call for new rules to replace him quickly in case the cancer-stricken Massachusetts senator won't be around for a close vote on heath care reform ...
While one of the Senate's leading negotiators, New Mexico Democrat Jeff Bingaman, makes it increasingly clear that he'll kiss off the most important part of it -- the government-operated "public option" -- if that's what it takes to accomplish some kind of reform, real or imaginary. Without that element, Congress is likely to pass some watered-down measures whether Kennedy's in the Senate or not -- and if that's the case, who cares how soon he's replaced?See the full content of this document
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Dems Sounding Retreat On 'Public Option'?
So goes the congressional August recess, which will be remembered for health care racketeers' rounding up of useful, uh, people early in the month...
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