Moveon.org Warns All Democrats to Support Public Option
On Tuesday, Moveon.org blatently warned all Democrats to play ball and support a government-run insurance option, or else. If not, in a blistering email, the group threatened that “any senator who helps block an up-or-down vote on a health care bill with the public option should lose the support of all five million of us — no donations, no volunteering, and no help getting out the vote.”
It is evident that this shot over the bow was in concert with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s announcment Monday that the Senate’s version of a health care reform bill will include a so-called public option.
The strong message telegraphs the concern of the public option supporters. Fox News quoted from the email: “The ‘opt-out’ version of the public option has real problems,” the e-mail said, adding that “the most conservative states in the country would likely opt out, potentially leaving millions of uninsured folks without access to the affordable health care a public option would provide.”
