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We add the public option to the Obameter

Remember all that talk of the public option during the campaign? Neither do we. Remember all that talk of the public option during the campaign? Neither do we.

Remember all that talk of the public option during the campaign? Neither do we.

Angie Drobnic Holan
By Angie Drobnic Holan August 19, 2009

This week, alert readers asked us how we were rating President Barack Obama's stance on the public option. That's a promise, right? they asked.

Well, no. We looked in our Obameter database for a promise on the public option and couldn't find one.

We are now adding a promise on the public option to our database. But make no mistake: The public option was rarely debated or even mentioned on the campaign trail. Read our update to find out more, as well as to learn what we rated it .

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