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Watering down the public option

Oct. 10, 2009
Senate Dems grow bolder that a public plan will pass Congress -- but it's not the public option you think.
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Conrad, Grassley: Public option dead

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Kent Conrad, D-N.D., agreed Sunday that a "public option" component won't be part of a healthcare reform package.
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego wins Finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Snigdha Nandipati of San Diego, California watches confetti rain down as she wins the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee championship, May 31, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Nandipati successfully spelled the word .* guetapens *, meaning to lure or ambush. UPI/Mike Theiler