Friday Fish Wrap: February 19, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010 at 20:10 It’s been an awesome week of Olympics coverage, and it’s particularly great to be able to cheer for a ‘hometown’ girl - Julia Mancuso of Truckee, California. For those of you not from around these parts, that’s just about 30 minutes up the road from Reno, Nevada.
Unlike past Winter Olympic years, the work schedule hasn’t allowed me to ski my brains out in support of the team effort. Yesterday and today, however, I did get in a fairly decent 10 mile bike ride - bundled up, course, since it’s not that warm at 0930. It’s ‘brisk’.
Here’s a nice bit of news on the healthcare reform front: There’s been quite a bit of new steam behind the failed Public Option of late. Senator Christopher Dodd’s decision to call it a day bodes well for his being able to stand up for what the American people really want - which is a Public Option and a freaking healthcare reform bill.
Just this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement that he would support not only the Public Option - which he’d always been in tacit approval of - but also the use of the reconciliation vote to get ‘er done.
