Robert Waldmann

Harry Reid is sending a health care reform bill with a public option and an opt out clause to the floor of the Senate. . Josh Marshall explains why it is good policy and notes "the importance that an outside-the-box idea can have in significantly changing the terms of a major policy debate."

I really think you read it here first. (not saying that it wasn't written somewhere else, but I assume you are an angrybear reader because you are reading this post.