I have been an advocate for a public option for quite some time now, and though I am more than comfortable with pushing a bill through with the public option on it with absolutely no Republican or Blue Dog support whatsoever, I certainly see the political capital gained in passing it with the trigger option.
Therefore, I will keep this question very simple, and don't give me cheap answers like "that just lets the insurance companies win". Give me details.
If you talk ME down, I would actually be quite happy. In fact, I would prefer it.
Now my question:
The purpose of the Public Option is to set a benchmark by which other insurance companies will be forced to model their prices and policies off of. Therefore, if a bill was passed which makes it law that the insurance companies have to abide by those standards in a short period of time otherwise a public option will go into affect, then couldn't "The Trigger Proposal" have the same results we seek, but quicker, and possibly cheaper?