In prepared remarks to the AFL-CIO, President Obama will say, “I continue to believe that a public option within the basket of insurance choices would help improve quality and bring down costs.”
Not much meat there, though he will caution, “I’ll have a lot more to say about this Wednesday night, and I don’t want to give it all away.”
But surely reformers–and AFL leaders who’ve vowed to oppose health care reform legislation that does not include a public option–were hoping to hear more.
You can read the full text of his remarks here.
