This just in from Robert Reich.  Many of you have received this.

Hi. I’m Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor under President Clinton and currently a professor at the University of California.

You’ve probably heard about a possible “deal” in the Senate to do away with the public option.

I’m here to tell you that this is no deal: it’s a gift to Big Insurance, plain and simple.

To which Captain Renault of Casablanca would have retorted:

“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!”

We have repeated the same so many times:  the insurance racqueteers ultimately will not lose this great battle of wills.   And the gang of 5 who are now trying to finalize your Christmas present … are not much better.