Less than 24 hours after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the Senate health care bill would include a public option that states could take or leave, it appears the plan is already dead in the water. Maine Republican Olympia Snowe says she opposes the plan and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman says he would vote with Republicans to filibuster the plan. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch is not surprised. Why did he know the Reid plan was doomed from the start? What kind of plan will Democrats be forced to accept? Is a public option any better with states being allowed to opt-out or the option is triggered? We ask Sen. Hatch, a member of both Senate committees that drafted health care legislation.
