Number Three House Democrat talks about pushing government health care next year

For those who thought that the Democrats might have been chastened over voter opposition to their health care regulations. "Reelect me, keep Democrats on the field. And when we come back next year, maybe we will get to the public option," Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) said on a radio show this past week. Many other leading Democrats keep pushing the line that voters will eventually love all the new government regulations.

On this optimistic note:

“The danger is that the critics of reform will kill it before it ever has a chance to take hold,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle writes of the health reform law in his new book, “Getting It Done,” out Tuesday.
“Opponents in state government could undermine it at every turn, or simply say they cannot do what the law requires,” Daschle adds. . . .
The vast majority of states have applied for initial rounds of grants, but several have remained notably obstinate.
Alaska and Minnesota were the only states not to apply for health exchange planning grants. Three others — Wyoming, Iowa and Georgia — joined them in not pursuing an additional $1 million grant for rate reviews, released in the summer.
Most recently, Utah has become active in opposing more federal regulation of insurance markets. With Massachusetts, Utah is one of the few states that already operate a health exchange. State officials fear that new regulations could diverge greatly from the marketplace they know and like. In a letter last week, Republican Gov. Gary Herbert admonished U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to “resist the temptation to expand federal authority over state exchanges.” . . .

In the above interview, Daschle does suggest that he still thinks that Obamacare won't be derailed.