Surprising Confidence

On Thursday, July 12, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, makes a point as he reacts to President Bush's latest statement on the situation in Iraq. Behind him is Senate Majority Leader Harry... On Thursday, July 12, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, makes a point as he reacts to President Bush's latest statement on the situation in Iraq. Behind him is Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (Lauren Victoria Burke) MORE LESS
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Sen. Schumer and Sen. Rockefeller seemed surprisingly confident that the health care bill will contain a real public option on a conference call that ended a short time ago.

Said Schumer: “The health care bill that is signed into law by the President will have a good, strong, robust public option.”

TPM’s Ben Frumin was on the call and files this report.

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