Harkin: Final health care bill will have public option

By GottaLaff

Hark!-in:

Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, the Democrat who chairs one of the Senate committees tasked with developing health care legislation, promised Friday that a health care bill will be on President Obama's desk before Christmas and will include a so-called "public option."

But is so-called Harkin saying that it will it be so-called "robust"?

"I believe we are in an irrevocable position," Harkin said on a conference call organized by the health care reform group Families USA. "The momentum is there. We will not get stopped by the obstructionists. We will have the votes."

That sounds awfully so-called promising.

Pointing to a Thursday meeting of Senate Democrats in which most members of the caucus expressed support for a government-run insurance plan, Harkin said only five members of his party are holding up progress toward a such a plan.

Those must be the so-called Conservadems.

But Harkin also said he was open to legislation that includes health care co-ops, as long as they are offered as a choice alongside a public option.

Just pass a strong public option already. Many of us are getting so-called antsy.