Public Option and the tendency of the White House to back down

I wrote to the White House today to tell them that they need to make clear to Congress that No Public Option is not an Option. Rather, Public Option is the bare minimum in the way of real health care reform that will be acceptable.

Public Option is already a compromise: Single Payer should have been the administration's opening position.

The majority of Americans support Single Payer, and THREE QUARTERS support Public Option. With this kind of clear statement of public will, it is unconscionable and unacceptable to even consider compromising this away.

I am very concerned that the Obama White House is developing a pattern of making all the concessions, beyond what the final bill even would have been, in advance, and then compromising further when the special interests get their mitts in. The same thing is happening on Wall Street Reforms.

Time for some good old fashioned righteous anger from the public. Write your Congressperson. Write your Senators. Write the White House. Demand Public Option, for real, no watering down. Demand real financial reforms. Demand real Transparency and an end to the surveillance state. Make your voice be heard.