Obama's Post-Partisan Promise Mellows Amid First Term Gridlock

there is no public option because Obama gave up on that without a fight in a futile effort to appease the GOP.

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It had nothing to do with appeasing the GOP.  There is no public option because the insurance industry didn't want one.  Both political parties have signed on to privatizing all American resources and services, including ending government programs that aren't privatized (Social Security, Medicaid, etc.).  That was the reason for making sure that single payer was off the table (and before the negotiations ever began) - So that any 'compromise' position couldn't include a public option.
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