From what Greg Sargent says, this is another case of good news/bad news.
First, the good news:
Senator Bernie Sanders, in a brief interview in the Capitol just now, confirmed to me that he’s willing to commit to introducing an amendment that would add the public option to the Senate bill’s reconciliation fix.
This is important, because as far fetched as this seems, if this amendment is introduced, a vote on it would be very hard for the Senate Dem leadership to block.
Now the bad news:
Democratic leaders aren’t thrilled.
Dick Durbin said this would “create headaches and even conceded that the leadership might be forced to ask liberal Senators to vote against it to ensure smooth passage for the overall bill.”
But Bernie’s going for it.
[T]he Senate Dem caucus may be forced to stand up and be counted on it.
And that will be newsworthy.
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