Bypassing Politico

For whatever reason people tend to still pay a lot of attention to Politico (or Politicol like) stories about the fate of the public option. This leads to a lot of hyperventilating and hyperbole from some segments of the left almost every other day even though it should be well known at this point that they and the folks like them are just trying to drum up clicks on their website. Well the White House has taken the opportunity to bypass a filter and any "leaks" and come out with their own "rumor check".

A rumor is making the rounds that the White House and Senator Reid are pursuing different strategies on the public option. Those rumors are absolutely false.

In his September 9th address to Congress, President Obama made clear that he supports the public option because it has the potential to play an essential role in holding insurance companies accountable through choice and competition. That continues to be the President's position.

Senator Reid and his leadership team are now working to get the most effective bill possible approved by the Senate. President Obama completely supports their efforts and has full confidence they will succeed and continue the unprecedented progress that is being made in both the House and Senate.

"Absolutely false". Did you see that? Ok so at least for the next couple of the days can we at least TRY to keep our powder dry on any story full of "anonymous" sources and ridiculous premises? Sheesh.