Note to Pelosi: Does the public even understand the ‘public option’?

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At the Speaker of the House’s blog, Pelosi is trumpeting yet another poll which “shows a majority of Americans – with support across party lines – want a public health insurance option as a component of any final health reform legislation.”

So how it is that poll after poll shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of Democratic health reform plans, but a majority somehow supports the most liberal and controversial element of the plan?

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