This is very odd, at a minimum. As we reported yesterday, an aide to Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) read a statement at a rally in Maine over the weekend in which Snowe appeared to back a public option for health care.
Then today Snowe’s office released the complete statement which included additional qualifying language beyond what was originally reported that means Snowe’s position is same as it ever was: she doesn’t favor a true public option.
But now we have video of the rally, and the Snowe aide doesn’t appear to have included the qualifying language. Is Snowe trying to have it both ways? Give it a close listen.
