Howard Dean and Russ Feingold blame Obama for the death of the public insurance option

dean-goofyAccording to Howard Dean and far left Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold, the administration is to blame for the public option’s aka the government run option exclusion from the Senate’s healthcare legislation. Russ Feingold blames Obama by saying (according to the Hill):

“I’ve been fighting all year for a strong public option to compete with the insurance industry and bring healthcare spending down,” Feingold said Sunday in a statement. “Unfortunately, the lack of support from the administration made keeping the public option in the bill an uphill struggle.”

Today on MSNBC, Howard Dean blamed Obama as well:

“Yes,” Dean flatly answered during an appearance on MSNBC when asked if the Obama administration was culpable for losing the public option.

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