As we’ve been reporting today, House Democrats held a private caucus meeting on health care and the various public option possibilities for a final version of their bill.
A Democratic leadership source tells TPMDC that leaders read out the names of the entire caucus this morning to get Democrats on record with their positions. Members were asked if they support a “robust” public option.
“There are a lot of undecided members,” the source said.
Reports that any counts of House Democrats are firm or weak aren’t accurate, the leadership aide said.
“We’re still working on getting there,” the source added. “At the end of the day, we will have a public option, the question is what it will look like.”
There’s been some scuttlebutt today about whether progressives promised Speaker Nancy Pelosi more than the votes they could deliver on the most aggressive public option. Our leadership source says no, and believes progressives “did a great job of coalescing the caucus.”
TPMDC has more detail here.
