Pray For Harry Reid

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appears poised today to announce his intent to include a public option with an opt out clause in the bill he brings to the Senate floor.

And he's having a press conference in less than an hour.
I want this. I can taste it. Go, Rocky!

Update:
Remember, too, in the Senate this is all about which Democrats will vote for cloture to prevent a filibuster, not about 60 votes for the bill. I think Snowe has already said she'd vote along party lines on the floor.
They only need 50 votes for the bill, but they need every Democrat for cloture. Pray Robert Byrd doesn't die and that Blance Lincoln, Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu can be strongarmed. Nelson and Landreau have made nice noises lately. I'd love to know what they've been promised.

So for now at least, the White House seems to be on board with Reid's plan, as Reid himself suggested in his press conference: "As we've gone through this process, I've concluded, with the support of the White House and Senators. Dodd and Baucus, that the best way to move forward is to include a public option with an opt out provision for states."