Obama to Endorse Public Plan in Speech

Emphasise on endorse because it doesn't like he is going to push for it.

President Barack Obama, in a high-stakes speech Wednesday to Congress and the nation, will press for a government-run insurance option in a proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system that has divided lawmakers and voters for months. White House officials say the president will detail what he wants in the health-care overhaul, as well as say he is open to better ideas on a government plan if lawmakers have them. Democratic plans call for requiring most Americans to carry health insurance. Failure to comply could cost families as much as $3,800 a year, according to a new Senate proposal. The president is likely to say that a government-run insurance plan, known as the "public option," will not provide a level of subsidies that give it an unfair advantage over private insurers, according to aides familiar with the speech preparations.

So the plan here is Obama makes this stirring call to arms in front of congress, the MSM and the Dems come out full of new energy and push something thru congress that has health care reform as its cover letter. I don't see any sort of public option being passed unless Obama and Dems say to hell with the public and go for broke.