Oh bull.  He said he wouldn't push it into reality if the public option wasn't a part of it.  Just as GH Bush owned the "no new taxes" tax hike that was actually pushed on him by Democrats, Obama owns  the half-baked train wreck of the ACA, which does little more than mandate more profit to the health industry.

It should have NEVER been signed off by him without that public option.  He owns it.