Reply #40: Uhm, he didn't reiterate support for the option - he said it was a good idea

[debbierlus]

You aren't very good at this, are you?

Obama never did say that the public option was not a good idea. He did backtrack his support for it, as per your repost above when he tried to tone down the importance of the inclusion of the public option in a final bill.

'And I continue to believe that a public option within the basket of insurance choices would help improve quality and bring down costs.'

He doesn't say that he will fight for a public option. He doesn't say that it is non-negotiable. He reiterated a known fact about his view of the option. His view isn't what is in question -

What is in question is whether he will fight for a public option and demand that it be included in the legislation - will he draw a line in the sand or say 'getting some type of reform passed is more important then the public option'

The above statement does NOTHING to answer that question. Thus, my comment about word parsing.