“public option” on The Daily Caller

On June 29, the Sixth Circuit federal appeals court ruled that the individual insurance mandate in Obamacare is constitutional. Today, the Eleventh Circuit appeals court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional. (more)

While Jim Treacher continues his lobster roll-tasting tour of New England, other people will be trawling. Like John Hayward, AKA Doctor Zero. Follow the good Doc on twitter, and read him at his home and in the Hot Air Greenroom.  (more)

UPDATE – SATURDAY 11 A.M. – Stupak’s press conference, which was scheduled for 11 a.m. and was thought to be where he would unveil his proposal, has been postponed indefinitely. Time’s Jay Newton Small is reporting that a Democratic whip meeting has just been scheduled for noon.  (more)

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) promised two Democratic senators this week a Senate vote on the public option “in the coming months.” (more)

Jon Ward has a piece on Pelosi coming. Here’s a sample: (more)

See if you can follow this: (more)

President Obama promised Wednesday to do everything in his power to persuade the country in the next few weeks that the Congress should pass a health-care bill, even if Democrats use reconciliation to get it done. (more)

“When a majority of Americans supports something,” says a disembodied narrator in this new ad from progressive group MoveOn.org, “it’s hard to keep a good idea down, because the public option is back.” It’s hard to know for sure whether the ad’s saying the public option is supported by the majority of Americans, is a good idea, or both, but judging by the White House press briefing yesterday, it’s likely not back: (more)

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) threw a wrench into Democratic efforts to get a public option passed through reconciliation, saying that he thought the maneuver was overly partisan and that he was inclined to oppose it. (more)

Real health care reform is threatening to emerge from the ashes of the Massachusetts special election that exploded the effort in January. A growing movement in the Senate to urge Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to reinsert the public option into a health care reform package that would move through the chamber under majority-only rules depends on just how many votes backers can muster. (more)

CREDIT: Austin Bragg and Caleb Brown (www.twitter.com/cobrown). Original artwork by Lester Romero.  (more)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi jokingly dismissed a question on Tuesday regarding whether she supported a request by C-SPAN — supported by then-candidate Obama — to televise negotiations between the House and Senate. Pelosi, perhaps still reeling from the President’s change of heart on his promise of a public option, couldn’t resist the opportunity to take a little jab at his expense. (more)