I just added my name to OpenLeft's petition pressuring Majority Leader Reid to bring public option to the floor for debate. Regardless of the media chatter, we still have the votes, but only if the grassroots forces it. There is an old saying attributed to Franklin Roosevelt which I paraphrase, "You elected me to do these things; I want to do these things; now make me do them."
Politicians are not our leaders. They FOLLOW and respond to what they are forced to do. Let's make them do the right thing. Please get on the phone, on email, and call, write, bug. Get your friends and family to do it, too!
My comment to Harry Reid is below the fold.
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