I've been reading about people like Jim Clyburn advocating "pilot projects" to determine if a public option would work. I generally like Rep. Clyburn, but he--like most uninformed Washington-insiders--is falling into the trap of thinking, "if it hasn't been tried by Washington, it hasn't been tried." If Rep. Clyburn had paid attention to the details, he'd know that California has tried a form of a public option, and that it is working flawlessly.
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