Seems that wingnut fuss at the town halls, despite the media attention it got, didn't add up to much, except to dampen the month of August. White House officials say the bill will probably arrive in late December and
that it will have a public option trigger:
On the issue that has been perhaps the most pronounced flash point in the national debate, 57 percent of all Americans now favor a public insurance option, while 40 percent oppose it. Support has risen since mid-August, when a bare majority, 52 percent, said they favored it. (In a June Post-ABC poll, support was 62 percent.)
If a public plan were run by the states and available only to those who lack affordable private options, support for it jumps to 76 percent. Under those circumstances, even a majority of Republicans, 56 percent, would be in favor of it, about double their level of support without such a limitation. WaPo
Seems that wingnut fuss at the town halls, despite the media attention it got, didn't add up to much, except to dampen the month of August. White House officials say the bill will probably arrive in late December and that it will have a public option trigger:
