Late tonight, The Hill, and (later, still -- in fact, early on Wednesday, the 9th) The New York Times, are both reporting that a deal has been reached -- and some form of public option is still in the package -- indeed, the Hill is calling it "broad agreement" on a public option:
. . . .Nevertheless, Reid portrayed his announcement as a major milestone on the road to healthcare reform – and flatly denied that Democrats had jettisoned the proposal to create a government-run public option insurance program.
“It’s been a long journey,” Reid said. “But tonight we’ve overcome a real problem that we had. I think it’s fair to say that the debate [at] this stage has portrayed as a very divisive one and many have assumed that people of different perspectives can’t come together. But I think that what we were able to work out the last few days, culminating tonight, belays that.”
Separately in a statement, Reid said the consensus Democrats had reached included a public option that would ensure competitition for insurance companies and choices for the public. . . .
I think Christmas may yet come for Tiny Tim.
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