Kabuki, Ch. 499 and counting...

Okay, here's what they're saying over at TPM.
The White House is reaching out to progressives to allow a health reform bill with a triggered public option to pass in the Senate. A non-triggered bill will pass the House.
Then when it goes to conference, the bill that emerges will not have a trigger and will not allow for a filibuster, according to the rules.
So, what about Kent Conrad, I ask. They'll have 60 votes in the Senate if Conrad goes along, but he's making all sorts of noise right now. He's the co-op guy from North Dakota.
Of course, nobody says reconciliation is off the table either.
One commenter notes that the White House is just preparing for a variety of contingencies, which makes sense.