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5:50 AM ET, August 17, 2009

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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel:
Administration Official: “Sebelius Misspoke.”  —  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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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama picks fight with left on health reform  —  In backing away from its support for a public option in healthcare reform, the Obama administration is picking a fight with the liberal wing of the Democratic party.  —  Liberal Democrats have insisted a public insurance option is necessary to ensure competition for private insurers.
Martina Stewart / CNN:
TX Dem: Bill without public option ‘would be very, very difficult’  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) -On the same day that a Cabinet member signaled the administration's willingness to forego inclusion of a public health insurance option in the final version of health care reform legislation …
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and Don Surber
Susie Madrak / Crooks and Liars:
Say What?  Sebelius Touts Public Option on ‘This Week’, Throws It Under the Bus on CNN.  —  Oh, the Republicans have been having a field day with this mantra - that employers would shunt their employees into the public plan.  But they're really upset for the same reason Sebelius mentioned as a positive: Job lock.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
‘Public Option’ in Health Plan May Be Dropped  —  PHOENIX — The White House, facing increasing skepticism over President Obama's call for a public insurance plan to compete with the private sector, signaled Sunday that it was willing to compromise and would consider a proposal …
CNN:
Democratic senator: Public health insurance option dead  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A key Senate negotiator said Sunday that President Barack Obama should drop his push for a government-funded public health insurance option because the Senate will never pass it.
Martina Stewart / CNN:
Conservative Democrat gets The Last Word
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Sen. Conrad: Public option a ‘wasted effort’
Richard Thaler / New York Times:
A Public Option Isn't a Curse, or a Cure
Fox News:
White House Passes Blame on Unsolicited Health Care E-Mails  —  The White House suggests third-party groups are to blame for unsolicited health care e-mails  —  The White House for the first time Sunday seemed to acknowledge that people across the country received unsolicited e-mails …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
White House will change e-mail rules  —  The White House said Sunday night that it will change its e-mail sign-up procedures after some recipients of a health-care e-mail complained that they had not asked to receive updates.  —  “We are implementing measures to make subscribing to e-mails clearer …
Jennifer Graham / Canadian Press:
Overhauling health-care system tops agenda at annual meeting of Canada's doctors  —  SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country's health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it.  —  Dr. Anne Doig says patients …
Sarah Rainsford / BBC:
Row over Afghan wife-starving law  —  An Afghan bill allowing a husband to starve his wife if she refuses to have sex has been published in the official gazette and become law.  —  The original bill caused outrage earlier this year, forcing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to withdraw it.
Rachel Weiner / The Huffington Post:
Maddow Battles Dick Armey In “Meet The Press” Debut (VIDEO)  —  Rachel Maddow appeared on “Meet the Press” for the first time on Sunday, August 16th.  On a panel with former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas), and Sen. Tom Coburn …
Discussion: American Power
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Andrew Breitbart / Washington Times:
George W. Bush-by-proxy syndrome  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  There is an extensive body of writing from both sides of the political aisle that has analyzed the extraordinary depths of hatred leveled at former President George W. Bush.  —  His birth into a wealthy and politically connected family is where a lot of the animus starts.
Discussion: Big Hollywood and Moe Lane
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Are we having a conversation yet?  —  “I think that there is going to have to be a conversation that is guided by doctors, scientists, ethicists.  And then there is going to have to be a very difficult democratic conversation that takes place.”  —  Conversation?
Radley Balko / Reason:
Why “Reading the Bill” Won't Matter  —  USA Today notes that even forcing legislators to read the health care legislation in the House probably wouldn't do much good.  The bill is so bogged down with bureaucrat-eze, few of them are likely to understand it.
Discussion: Instapundit and PoliBlog
 
 
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