Politico Retracts

by: Chris Bowers

Fri Oct 23, 2009 at 11:21

HAPPENING NOW -- Pelosi publicly whipping on robust public option

After Democratic sources told POLITICO that there are not the votes for a robust public option, party leaders have their rank-and-file behind closed doors in the Capitol basement and are going through every name to see where they stand on a Medicare plus-five public option, the so-called robust plan. It's a public whip, often used to shame the outliers into backing their preferred plan.

Kind of tough to still be whipping on a Medicare +5% public option when you have given up on that public option. Pretty awesome reporting there.

Join in the whip. Call a key member of Congress