House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) doesn’t seem to think ditching the public option would be nearly as difficult as does Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
In what might be perceived as a rebuff of Pelosi’s assertion that she can’t pass a health care bill without a public option, Hoyer today told reporters, “I’m for a public option but I’m also for passing a bill.”
We believe the public option is a necessary, useful and very important aspect of this, but we’ll have to see because there are many other important aspects of the bill as well.”
Pelosi might respond to this by, well, reiterating that she can’t pass a bill without a public option. And at the end of the day, she’s the Speaker.
