David Axelrod

The top adviser to President Barack Obama says the White House is "not willing to accept" that Congress will reject a government-run public option in the health care overhaul.

David Axelrod, a White House advisor, told “Meet the Press” the White House still considered “the public option a good tool.”

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White House senior adviser David Axelrod tells POLITICO that the administration is not dialing back its support for a public health-insurance option as part of a reform bill, and that a comment he made on NBC’s “Meet the Press” was misinterpreted.

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As a lifelong FDR Democrat, I won't support any health care bill that doesn't have a robust public option. I'd much rather see a bill without one go down to defeat, than have a bill pass without one.

Politico: "White House senior adviser David Axelrod says President Barack Obama would like to have a public option – or government-run insurance plan – as part of a health reform package, but will not insist on it.

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WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama will fight for a public option in healthcare reform but will not draw "bright lines in the sand," a White House adviser said Sunday.

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