The Public Option Goes Over

The big fight over ObamaCare is far from finished.

Obama Concedes on Public Option, but Maintains Goal of Single-Payer System
WSJ.com

So it looks as if the public option has been sent to the death panel—so to speak. Over the weekend President Obama and other White House officials throttled back their demands for a new health-care entitlement program that looked like Medicare for the middle class. Liberals are in a furor and more than a few conservatives are popping champagne corks. But dumping one of the most radical and destructive features of ObamaCare is best viewed as a tactical political retreat, not a surrender.