Hey, let's bring back the public option

Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, one of the groups sponsoring the ad, says he hopes Pelosi can be swayed into adding the public option.

“You know, that’s what grassroots pressure is all about: Every day, thousands of people are calling Congress saying, ‘We want a public option,'” he said. “Nothing is final until it’s final, and the public option has been declared dead so many times it’s hard to count. But every single time a grassroots uprising has put it right back on the table.”…

Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley says if the House doesn’t add such a measure, he’ll offer an amendment to add one when the Senate takes up a final bill.

“There are going to be many folks who are going to hang back from the debate until they’re forced to a vote, and so sometimes you need to go forward with a vote,” he said. “Democracy requires that you declare your position, and sometimes that requires a vote to make that happen.”