Health Care Insurance Reform: 30 senators sign letter backing public option

"In the past, it's been House Democrats who've been most vocal in supporting the public option. Now, Senate Democrats are getting on the bandwagon.

"30 Democratic senators (really, 29 Democrats and one independent who caucuses with them, Vermont's Bernie Sanders) joined together on Thursday to send a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in which they ask him 'for your leadership on ensuring that the merged health reform bill contains a public insurance option.'"

The rest of the story: 30 senators sign letter backing public option (Salon 2009-19-08)