Public Option Losing Steam? White House Open to Health Care Reform Without Government Plan - Political News - FOXNews.com: "Momentum behind a new government-run health care plan appeared to slow considerably Sunday, as a lead Democratic negotiator called the option a 'wasted effort' and President Obama's health secretary suggested the White House is ready to accept a health care reform package without it.
Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., one of six negotiators trying to hammer out a bipartisan compromise measure on the Senate Finance Committee, told 'FOX News Sunday' that the so-called public option simply does not have the votes to pass.
'The fact of the matter is there are not the votes in the United States Senate for the public option. There never have been,' he said. 'So to continue to chase that rabbit I think is just a wasted effort.'"
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