The White House health care team sends over a brief statement from communications director Dan Pfeiffer on what senators say is a tentative deal tonight:
“Senators are making great progress and we’re pleased that they’re working together to find common ground toward options that increase choice and competition.”
There has been a lot of debate tonight on whether the public option is dead. Sen. Russ Feingold doesn’t sound thrilled, and the other senators in the gang of 10 who held the private negotiations aren’t saying anything.
Reading between the lines here in a statement from a team who knows President Obama has been accused of not standing firm enough for a public option, they think what happened in the meeting may strike the right political balance.
