If Public Option Isn’t Dead, Why Is Axelrod Referring to Its “Spirit”? | Talking Points Memo

The Obama administration is sending out its strongest signs yet that it’s willing to scrap a public option in order to move a health care bill forward. White House adviser David Axelrod tells ABC News that what remains of Obama’s desire for a public option is largely theoretical. “The spirit that led him to support a public option is still very much at play here and so you know he wants competition. He wants choice.”


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