The High Drama Behind Reid’s Public Option Decision | Talking Points Memo

Today, everyone’s officially on the same page. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and his leadership team, and the White House all stand behind the Senate health care bill, which, as we learned this week, includes a public option. But the days leading up to Reid’s big Monday announcement were perhaps more trying for leading Democrats than has been publicly acknowledged, or than today’s picture of calm would lead you to believe.


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