First The Good News...

For those of us fretting over Obama's non-committal stance on the public healthcare option, there's good news from the WH:

"The White House wants everyone to know President Obama "completely supports" the Senate leadership as a final bill emerges this week.""

But like every other bit of good news from the Obama admin, this 'yay moment' feels like we're being offered a hot meal when starving only to find out the cook hawked up a big green lugy in it. WH support comes with this gargantuan caveat attached:

"The public option would effectively be just another insurance plan offered on the open market. It would likely be administered by a private insurance provider, charging premiums and copayments like any other policy."

Gee, thanks.