The Party Of Maybe

David Frum thinks the GOP should reconsider its options now that the public option has been rendered mostly dead (for the umpteenth time):

Until now, Republicans have clung to the untenable healthcare status quo in great measure because they feared the likeliest alternative would be worse. But what if the alternative might be an improvement over the status quo? Suddenly the deal option begins to look a lot more interesting.

Greg Sargent has related thoughts about the risks the GOP is taking by flat-out opposing reform. I still think a public option could survive, if the Democrats were capable of persuading anyone. But, of course, they aren't. When a serious political party is headed by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, you begin to understand why so many Americans feel contempt for it. I sure do.