NYTimes:

Two senior administration officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the White House looked favorably on the Snowe [trigger] plan.

I believe this and think it makes the point Glenn Greenwald and myself have been stating for months now - pols are not your friend. As Glenn put it yesterday - "Shouldn't health care activists care more about the public option than Obama's political standing?" They should and they should send the message that the Snowe trigger is unacceptable and, progressive legislators should say health care "reform" without a real public option will not pass. In that sense, Progressive Block leader Raul Grijalva's reaction is the wrong one:

“It’s one vote, she won’t make the commitment on the final product, and she says she’s got to have the trigger,” said Representative Raúl M. Grijalva, Democrat of Arizona, who is leading an effort in the House to round up votes for a government plan akin to Medicare. “I think the administration has put her in the driver’s seat; it’s very disconcerting.”

(Emphasis supplied.) The only way Obama can put Snowe in the driver's seat is IF progressives let him do it. Just say no to the Snowe Trigger. Nonnegotiable. It really is that simple.

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