On the Hill:

• Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., was in favor of the public option health insurance plan before she came out against it yesterday.
• The AFL-CIO wants to tax stock trades — which ultimately means you’ll get less out of your 401(k).
• Republicans lead on the generic Congressional ballot by seven points.
• Former Republican Rep. Pat Toomey and Democratic Rep. Joe Sestak, both gunning for Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter’s seat, will debate health care tonight at 6:15 pm in Allentown. Specter, who has been debating himself on the issue for several months, was not invited.
• Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., continues to heap up improprieties in his financial reporting and tax payments. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. is standing by her tax man.

Out of town:

Cook County, Ill. Board President Todd Stroger, D, whom President Obama once endorsed and called a “good, progressive Democrat,” gets to