claim: if you look at last year's presidential campaign, "you can't find a mention of public option."
author: joe lieberman
evidence_1: aug 18, 2016 ... during the 2008 presidential campaign, both hillary clinton and barack ... "let's give [the rest of the law] two or three years to see how it works," he ... in short, if you've forgotten what the great public option debate of 2009 ... outlining what such a plan would look like and why it was needed. ..... the latest ...
evidence_2: mar 18, 2010 ... sometimes, if you follow the evidence, you find that the perp is hiding in plain sight. ... billion over 10 years in exchange for obama reneging on his campaign promise .... it can't be in a position where a bill with a “robust” public option ... as of the end of last week, harry reid was telling the white house that ...
evidence_3: oct 11, 2016 ... “it would look just like an insurance plan,” except that the state would pay for ... that i've been told over the last couple years is indicative of what's going on statewide, ... q: do you think we need a public option in california for any other reason? ... well that's where you can't ignore the political environment.
evidence_4: apr 13, 2010 ... you have to lift up people, but at the end of the day, it is about deal ... we can't afford to do it! ... sixteen years later, as president obama's chief of staff, he would try do .... you know, look, i mean, they could read the political tea leaves, you ... include the mandate to buy insurance and kill the public option.
evidence_5: jul 16, 2009 ... president barack obama has been prodding congress to follow his ... he's advocating the same principles he supported during the campaign: ... but as all of you know, we may not get there immediately. .... if the public option gets passed and operates well, he said, perhaps it will .... scott walker last year?