Here's a welcome development in the face of White House defeatism.
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) tells TPMDC that he plans to sign a letter urging Senate leadership to pass a public option via reconciliation.
"I expect that I will" sign, Carper said. The letter, written by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), has been signed by 23 senators so far.
Carper, author of the opt-in/opt-out coops idea is now ready to sign on. That's a good signal of the true breadth of suppor for the public option within the Senate. And:
Separately, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) said he fully supports passing the public option with reconciliation, but wants to read the wording of the letter before he signs on.
"I'm all for it," he said.
Here's a question, if the Senate letter reaches, say 40, will the White House change position and actually support the public option?