Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) insisted a few minutes ago on CNN that the public option is not — not — dead. Even though the Senate Finance Committee rejected a public health insurance option today, not once, but twice when amendments by both Rockefeller and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that called for a public option were voted down — 15-8 and 13-10, respectively.That’s not the big story today though, Rockefeller said. “Actually, the big story coming out of today is that I got eight votes and Chuck got 10 votes — and in effect that’s like getting all the Democrats to vote for it.”
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