White House appears ready to drop ‘public option’

Bowing to Republican pressure and an uneasy public, President Barack Obama’s administration signaled Sunday it is ready to abandon the idea of giving Americans the option of government-run insurance as part of a new health care system.

This is highly disingenuous. If it was only Republican opposition, there would be no issue. With the dominance of the Donkey Party in both houses of Congress, they could effectively do anything they wanted.  The problem is that enough Donks don’t want to adopt a “public” (government) system (that according to the House bill would inevitably result in the destruction of private insurance), so the B.O. administration is apparently poised to run up the white flag on this at least, and blame the “wascally Wepublicans” in a ploy to attempt to appease the Donk’s hard left.

Facing mounting opposition to the overhaul, administration officials left open the chance for a compromise with Republicans that would include health insurance cooperatives instead of a government-run plan. Such a concession probably would enrage Obama’s liberal supporters but could deliver a much-needed victory on a top domestic priority opposed by GOP lawmakers.

Obviously, the situation is developing, or is it decaying?