New poll on the public option:
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Most Americans would like to see a "public option" in health insurance reform but doubt anything Congress does will lower costs or improve care in the short term, according to a poll released on Thursday. [...]
Just under 60 percent of those surveyed said they would like a public option as part of any final healthcare reform legislation, which Republicans and a few Democrats oppose.
Yeah, so let's drop the very popular public option in lieu of a triggered co-op or whatever the hell Tom Carper is substituting for real policy.