Last night I predicted that Obama would probably back down from his backing down if the MSM made a big enough stink, but has it happened already? You be the judge:

An administration official said tonight that Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius “misspoke” when she told CNN this morning that a government run health insurance option “is not an essential part” of reform.
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A second official, Linda Douglass, director of health reform communications for the administration, said that President Obama believed that a public option was the best way to reduce costs and promote competition among insurance companies, that he had not backed away from that belief, and that he still wanted to see a public option in the final bill.
“Nothing has changed.,” she said. “The President has always said that what is essential that health insurance reform lower costs, ensure that there are affordable options for all Americans and increase choice and competition in the health insurance market. He believes that the public option is the best way to achieve these goals.”
A third White House official, via e-mail, said that Sebelius didn’t misspeak. “The media misplayed it,” the third official said.

But Obama said as much in a town hall meeting:

President Obama himself said that “the public option, whether we have it or don’t have it, is not the entirety of healthcare reform.”

It seems like they’re on the same page.
BTW, I just read the comments on the post from last night and was reminded of how annoying it was to have RINOs in the Senate blocking the bills we conservatives wanted to see passed. I feel your pain, lefties (I really do, that was not sarcasm). Though, I have to admit I’m happy the DINOs are putting a stop to the public option.
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