How the Public Option Got Its Groove Back

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Just to be clear, if I were a betting man, I wouldn’t be betting the farm on a health care reform bill with a public option. To put it mildly. But just a couple weeks ago, not only did reform seem pretty much dead but any thought that a public option would be included in a deal seemed pretty much crazy. And yet, out of the blue, through a pretty organic and somewhat fortuitous process, it’s back.

Our Brian Beutler explains what happened.

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