13 Senators support something.
It's bound to pass! This is exciting!
I mean - let's forget for a moment that it's going to be heavy lifting convincing the House to pass the Senate bill along with a reconciliation fix that shifts some subsidies, fixes the tax issues, and makes the Senate bill a better bill.
Let's forget that. Let's not concentrate our efforts on realistic things. We're idiots, after all!
Let's start chasing ponies again! We wasted about 6 months chasing ponies when only maybe 42 Senators ever supported ponies. Let's do it again! Because we're lemmings!
Why are we even bothering with the public option? Why don't we push for single payer through reconciliation!? Why are we selling out!!?!? The weak public option that would pass through reconciliation would be a dumping ground for private insurance companies. Let's not settle for that. Let's push for single payer today! We can get at least 3 votes for that! And if Bernie Sanders doesn't support our efforts, let's primary him! And if someone primaries Bernie Sanders from the Left, let's primary that person just to teach Bernie Sanders that he deserves to be DOUBLE PRIMARIED!
Let's all call the Senate and push for unrealistic things! That would be a great use of our time! I'm calling Senator Webb tomorrow and asking for him to give me an ice cream cone. Yummy!
I mean - it's not like these 13 senators are just trying to raise money or ingratiate themselves to the base in a cynical stunt that again distracts the base with a shiny object! They're serious about passing the public option! They think it's going to happen! And so do people with 10 brain cells!