[jazzyk]

Strictly speaking, it was politically possible - the Democrats had majority in both the Congress and the Senate.

Public option is a great solution, because it does not prevent the people who prefer (and can afford) to pay for private services from doing so.

[albinofrenchy]

Not really, they only had a filibuster proof majority for a very short period of time -- http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/did-the-democrats-ever-real....

And that is counting Lieberman as a D; a person who backed McCain for president and who later personally killed the public option.

I do think we will get to the public option at some point. It just makes too much sense not to and would strengthen the healthcare as a whole while allowing people more choice.

[enraged_camel]

Public option is unlikely to happen in the near future. Too many people start frothing at the mouth and yelling "socialism!" every time it is proposed.