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TPM: WH Opposes Public Option

By Big Tent Democrat

Who'da thunk it?

There was something interesting OMB Chief Peter Orszag said this morning in his comments at the National Press Club. He pointed to Paul Starr's recent piece which argued that the Public Option has gotten much more press attention than it deserves relative to the importance of the 'exchanges' in terms of creating competition and reducing costs. [. . .] Orszag's only explicit reference was to the over-focus on the Public Option. But that point only makes sense in the concept of the policy critique. So I suspect this reference may tell us more about White House thinking than people realize.

Shorter Josh Marshall - the Obama Administration opposes the public option. I am shocked I tell you. Shocked!

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on December 02, 2009 (boomark / email).