They dropped it to woo one moderate Democratic senator (Lieberman), who was basically the Manchin of his day. Without his vote, it would've gotten filibustered

They dropped it to woo one moderate Democratic senator (Lieberman), who was basically the Manchin of his day. Without his vote, it would've gotten filibustered to death. https://www.google.com/search?q=lieberman+public+option&oq=lieberman+public+option https://www.google.com/search?q=lieberman+public+option&oq=l...