Reply #8: The public option was killed by Evan Bayn and Ben Nelson.

[blueclown]

I think where progressives get mad at President Obama (not me, though) is in their narrative that the President didn't "fight hard enough" for the public option. I'm not sure there was more he could do. The public option passed through the House, but it ran through a roadblock in the Senate, thanks to the two conservadems. The President rightfully believed that he would rather see the bill pass than fail, since it contained many reforms that progressives have been fighting for for years, such as guarenteed issue and an individual mandate.