I can't take it like that. This public option is not dead. It's against regulations.

I could be missing something here, since it seems like almost no-one in the media is talking about this but...

Doesn't it seem like the Obama administration gave up a little too easy on the "public option" debate? Calling Senators in to the white house and saying, "Just give Lieberman what he wants and get this thing signed."

Do you think he was expecting Nanci Pelosi to just happily sign her name to it without adding or changing a single thing?

Or do you think he knew full well she would add in the government controlled public option, the tax on the wealthiest Americans, the alternative abortion language, mandatory gay marriage, free pot for all, and every other thing she can think of and then send it back to the senate where it can be reconciled with only 51 democratic votes instead of the 60 they are begging for now.