Here's some numbers Kent Conrad doesn't want you to contemplate about yesterday's vote on the public option:
Put into words: although the Senate Finance Committee defeated the public option, nearly 6 million more Americans voted for the 10 senators who supported it than the 13 senators who opposed it. Moreover, senators who voted for the public option won on 63% of the vote in their last elections compared to 59% for the senators who voted against it.
Another way of saying it: anyone who claims the public option doesn't have public support is full of bull.