Around here, we never had much doubt that Senator Ron Wyden was a yes vote for the public option on health insurance (for which he voted favorably twice in the Senate Finance Committee). In many places, his advocacy for his own bill (the Wyden-Bennett) seemed to be read as opposition to public option. But they were never in conflict and, as Wyden points out, actually mesh well.
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A strong video on the subject, with Wyden doing some battle on this (something some Oregonians may find interesting, given the senator’s generally affable nature). Hat tip to Blue Oregon, which also highlighted this quote from Arianna Huffington: “So, I’m very grateful to Senator Wyden for taking the leadership on this, because otherwise there’s no point having so-called “reform” that will actually reform nothing. And, in fact, then Republicans will say, ‘You see, another government reform effort that didn’t work.'”
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