Because they too will benefit from a public option, though they're too stupid to know it in advance.
I know you want to be a historic president. The way to do that is to break the vice grip that the health insurance industry has on this country.
Health care is the most important thing you'll do. You said during the campaign that you were going to eliminate special interests in Washington. You said it so many times I thought it was just a political ploy. But insurance and pharma are the biggest special interests.
Now's the time to show us who you are.
Only Dems will bring health care reform and only your historic election will give us the majority we need to get any REAL reform. I, like most Americans, lie awake at night worrying what will happen in my family gets sick and I can't cover it, and my insurer decides to ration our care as they wish.
If you try to please everyone you'll end up compromised. And believe me, once Justice Stevens retires, they're all going to hate you again anyway.
Please pull a George Bush.
Ram through the public option.
History will thank you.
Gracias