February 17, 2010 11:54 PM UTC

Colorado wants a public option.

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• by: MADCO

Recent Colorado polling on a public option tells us what we all know. Well, most of us know.  Colorado wants a public option.

http://www.dailykos.com/statep…

Bennet s going to take heat for the letter he wrote saying we should put the public option back in and pass it by reconciliation.

Bennet will advocate for this because he knows it’s the best thing for America.  And Colorado.

It turns out, that most of Colorado agrees with him. Even CD4.

He is not doing this because there is a primary, as some have fallaciously and unfairly indicated.  He came out in support of a public option not later than June*, well before there was a primary.  And it was not later than early September that he was clear that he would advocate reconciliation to get it passed, if necessary*. Still before there was an actual primary.

He’s not misinterpreting the will of the people of Colorado as the R talkers and posters at the DenPost are claiming. He’s leading on this important issue because he knows (he said so again last night – I’ll link the video when it’s available) that it is vital to our national security, to getting the debt under control, and it is the right thing to do for America.

The R talking points are going to distort and tell more lies, calling it a “government take over” which it is not, that it will drive up the deficit, about which CBO scoring says it reduces the deficit, and maybe even that the death panels are real.

*http://coloradopols.com/showComment.do?commentId=284445