By GottaLaff
"We will not support any bill that doesn't have public option in it."
One of Congress's most liberal members, Rep. Maxine Waters, (D-Calif.), declared on Tuesday that the White House's problems getting Blue Dog Democrats to support its health care agenda were largely its own doing -- or more specifically, the doing of its chief of staff. [...]
The frustration has boiled over this past week, as the House Energy and Commerce Committee is laboring long hours to craft compromise legislation before the chamber breaks for August recess. That said, Democratic operatives insist that they remain confident that the party will largely unite behind a single piece of legislation.
(H/T: FireDogLake)
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