The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is going directly after the one person who can decide whether health care reform includes a public option -- Harry Reid (D-NV):
The ad’s message: The public option is not just a preoccupation of the left, and the failure to include one could (contrary to conventional wisdom) result in an inadequate reform bill that could actually end up hurting Dems in swing districts.
“I’m watching to see if Harry Reid is strong, and effective enough as a leader, to pass a public health insurance option into law,” the constituent says. “Nevadans want the choice of a public option.”
And in related news, Reid himself has introduced a series of ads in Nevada ahead of his 2010 reelection bid that describe Reid as:
... the most powerful senator in the chamber, has the ability to deliver in a way that no one else can.
Well, Harry, it's put up or shut up time.
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