On Friday, I highlighted this article from the Jamestown Sun reporting that Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) would vote against a “government-run health care program,” and took that term–“government run health care program”–to mean a “public option.”
Conrad’s office disputes that interpretation, saying that Conrad simply told a crowd in North Dakota he wouldn’t let government take over health care. Pressed, Conrad’s spokesman said the senator doesn’t have an opinion on the public option, because he believes the issue is “moot.”
I’ve reached out to the Sun to see if we can get a rundown of Conrad’s exact statements.
