No! Health insurance 'co-ops' ain't gonna make it.

Nossir! No how!

This is purely a case of the Obama administration backing away in a lame and desparate attempt to make nice and keep peace among fueding kinfolk.

Within both houses, fortunately, there is continuing support for the only thing that makes any sense: a ‘public option’ for health insurance.

In the Senate, where negotiations are now focused, John D. Rockefeller IV (W.Va.) said that a public option, as the plan has become known, is “a must.” Sen. Russell Feingold (Wis.) said that “without a public option, I don’t see how we will bring real change to a system that has made good health care a privilege for those who can afford it.”

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