If the Public Option (low cost full featured health insurance) and Medicare Buy-in (option to allow those 55 and older to buy into Medicare) were both added to the current Senate health care bill, support would go to 58 percent of all likely American voters; 22 percent of Republicans; 57 percent of Independents; 88 percent of Democrats.

Currently only 33 percent of likely voters favor the health care bill  as it is, without either the Public Option or the Medicare Buy-in.  37 percent of Democrats, 30 percent of Republicans and 31 percent of Independents support the current bill.

Howard Dean and others are now crying foul and  are demanding Obama step up and start demanding a robust public option.  Many consider Obama's efforts to have supported anything but real change and tantamount to actually supporting the health care mess we currently have today.  Obama should have started demanding single-payer be on the table.  Single-payer could have single-handedly wiped out the deficit and caused a massive decrease in health care costs.  This would free our business community to be much more competitive and vastly increased the health of everyone.  Obama should have demanded all in Congress refuse all monies from the health care industry and have members pledge sole and exclusive support of the American people and the nation's overall interests regarding the vital issues of health care.  Instead, Mr. Obama set up an overhaul effort that played like a real effort at change but if one analyzes the steps he took, his  real agenda, quickly becomes apparent: supporting anything but comprehensive overhaul and reform.