what im saying is every time obama wants to make something happen, there are gonna be people who he needs help from.
People in congress who need to vote on the bill, people who fund the various projects hes working on ... etc. Those people realize that they have a significant amount of power over obama, because without their support, he is not going to be able to get done what he wants. So these people will say, "sure i'll suport you, which will allow you to get this thing done, BUT in order for me to do that, you need to do ...." Obama then has to decide whether or not getting what he wants done is more important than NOT doing what those people want, such as NOT including certain things in the health care bill.
I DO think a public health care option would be very beneficial, and if done right, there is NO QUESTION that if would do lots of good things. The only problem is that this health care bill has so much other bullshit attached to it, just like EVERY OTHER BILL that gets passed. The more controversial the bill, the more power those people obama needs help from have. Obama REALLY wants to pass this bill, and those people can ask for me in return. My point in all this is, if obama wants to pass a bill like this, there is GOING to be a lot of other bullshit along with it. If he says, "No, were not including that," then the people he needs to vote for him will say "ok bud. Fuck you, youre not getting your bill passed." I hope this clears up what i was saying.
I am not going to argue that about the health care thing specifically. If anyone did any research they would find that SOME KIND of public health care option would do great things, not necessarily THIS kind.