According to a Politico article Obama and co. are still working on the Wednesday speech and their views towards the public option are "evolving". First, they're not going to throw it under the bus:
He will not confront or scold the left. “This is a case for bold action, not a stick in the eye to our supporters,” said an official involved in speech preparation. “That’s not how President Obama thinks. The politics of triangulation don’t live in this White House.”
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And second, they're going to re-issue support for the PO and POSSIBLY lay the groundwork for going with the PO and dropping the whole trigger/co-op nonsense:
Obama will try to reassure the left about his commitment to a public option, or government insurance plan. Aides said they are rethinking what he will say about this. He wants to thread the needle of voicing support for a public option, without promising to kill health reform to get it.
...“We have been saying all along that the most important part of this debate is not the public option, but rather ensuring choice and competition. There are lots of different ways to get there.” But now he’s going to step on the gas a little harder. One top official gave this formulation: “He has consistently said that he thinks the public option is an important way to make sure that there is both cost and competition control. He’s also said consistently that if someone can show him a better way or another way to get there, he’d be happy to look at it. But he’s never committed to going with another way. He’s always said he’d be happy to look at any proposal that gets to these goals, but that he thinks this is probably the best better way to do it.”
So what does all this mean?? It means the PO is alive and well fellas, it means the fight is still on and we should keep our foot on the gas. The WH got the message and knows this isn't 1994, there will be severe ramifications for any attempt to triangulate.
Link: http://www.politico.com/...