It seems pretty late in the game for something like this:
House Democrats are looking at re-branding the public health insurance option as Medicare, an established government healthcare program that is better known than the public option.
The strategy could benefit Democrats struggling to bridge the gap between liberals in their party, who want the public option, and centrists, who are worried it would drive private insurers out of business.
While much of the public is foggy on what a public option actually is, people understand Medicare. It also would place the new public option within the rubric of a familiar system rather than something new and unknown.
It would just be a distraction, with the news coverage (no doubt) focusing on the ensuing mockery by Republicans -- but more importantly, it's just not necessary:
57 percent support a public option, up slightly from a low of 52 percent in August.
So let's skip the semantics game and grab a mop.