Still Surging: Public Option Picks Up Three More Backers Including Senator Akaka

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Three more Democratic senators said on Tuesday that they would either support the public option in a Senate floor vote or were heavily leaning that way.

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) told HuffPost that if the public insurance option comes up for a vote under reconciliation, he will vote for it it. “I would support it, yes,” he said.

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That puts the number of publicly committed supporters at 38 and the number of likely supporters well into the forties. With a push from the White House, the public option is now within striking distance.

Two of those likely supporters are Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.).

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