On AlterNet: trigger

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Lieberman "Irritated" By Toothless Trigger

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 10, 2009.

The public option has basically been negotiated away. And Lieberman is still not satisfied.

Round 2 of Howard Dean vs. Rahm Emanuel: Dean Wins Again over Health Care Politics

Cenk Uygur, AlterNet. October 2, 2009.

In round 1, Emanuel and Dean boxed over what strategy was best for Dems to regain House seats in 2006. Dean was right there, and in the health care debate, he's right again.

President Olympia Snowe's Utterly Illogical Trigger Argument

Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. September 9, 2009.

Either Snowe supports a trigger that will never result in a public option, or she supports the public option.

On the Public Option, Consider the "Trigger" Pulled

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant AlterNet: PEEK. September 8, 2009.

Serious reform doesn’t mean capitulating to the private healthcare industry, and then Obama calling it “the public option.”

Is White House Willing to Ditch Public Option in Favor of "Trigger"?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 7, 2009.

Rahm Emanuel hinted that a trigger option was on the table.