The Democrats may pass a bill, and it may contain a watered down public option, but the Democrats have mostly blown it on health care reform. Were it not for the massive numbers of the uninsured, the large majorities in Congress, the swelling health care costs, and the distaste Democrats have on the Hill for failing to pass health care reform again, as they did in the 1990's, the chances of passing a bill at this point would be nil. When Bill Clinton's health reform proposal dipped to just 47% approval, Democrats on the Hill called it DOA, so with Obama's proposal at just 37% demonstrates the other factors at play. Democrats know, politically, they have to do something on health care, or risk looking like complete incompetents. Here's where the Democrats went wrong...
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