So, a health care bill barely squeaked by in the house with a public option provision intact. The public option is a controversial and pivotal point in this debate which is opposed by many Democrats and supported by almost no Republicans. The public option is a dangerous step toward a crippled insurance industy and further government involvement in health care. This could very well be one of the most important debates in American history because whichever side wins it will be a turining point. If the public option wins, the government role will only grow greater until we have something barely recognizable and the care provided to Americans will get more bureaucratic and substandard as we plunge further and further into debt. If the public option loses this time, it will not stand a chance in any other Congress and the politicians will likely be forced to focus on more real reform.
It is vital that every attempt be made in the Senate to filibuster the bill that the House has just passed. Some moderate Democrats have signed on to this task. And even Olympia Snowe, the RINO who voted for an Obama-backed reform package, has come out against the public option. The circumstances seem well at the moment but they are still too cl0se for comfort and therefore uncertain. Harry Reid has put forth the idea of having the public option but allowing individual states to opt out of it. While that is better than a full public option, I do hope no one else will be tempted by it. Make no mistake – it would be a victory for the public option. It would be just as disastrous. It would merely take longer to sink in.
Filibuster. Filibuster. Filibuster.
