Axelrod: No Public Option?

I don't want mandated universal coverage with no public option to drive down prices, and no medicare price negotiations or competition from Canada and Europe for Big Phara.

I suppose that plan is great for getting the campaign coffers full. But it doesn't serve the needs of people.

According to the Daily Kos:

"As to the fate of a government option plan to compete with private insurance, Axelrod suggested the controversial concept is gone but not forgotten: 'The spirit that led him to support a public option is still very much at play here and so you know he wants competition. He wants choice.'"

Without a public option, I will have to support the OFA in 'spirit' only.