is so ham fisted and one dimensional. not the biggest issue right now...but i just saw his recent comments about it.

look...when everything is laid out (tax increases, private insurance elimination, etc)...public option is clearly more popular and less of a liability in battleground states.

but biden is painting himself as a clear opponent to medicare for all. like fully against it ever happening, will never support it, etc.

but public option was designed by obama to be a pathway to universal single payer healthcare. obama knew it would eventually be wildly popular and become a staple in the lives of average americans (like every other policy of 'socialism' repubs have historically attacked).

so instead of biden presenting his presidency as a dead end for m4a and turning off all of the liberal voters/politicians who support it...he should say that freedom of choice is a foundational principle in this country. and he should present public option as merely a mechanism to give americans a choice between what healthcare they want. private insurance (via obamacare)...or single payer (medicare) via public option.

completely voluntary. not being forced off one or on to the other. put everyones mind at ease that their preferred choice will be given a fair shot in the marketplace of policies/ideas.

theres really no way for anyone to effectively attack that. its low risk with high reward. if either private insurance or single payer is as bad is their detractors claim they are...then surely it will die a natural death when americans have the freedom to pick a presumable superior alternative right?

its what obama would have done if he was in this position. its what pete tried to do (and gave him his initial surge). i dont know why the biden campaign hasnt crafted a better message around this by now.