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Via WSJ: Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected an amendment to a sweeping health-care overhaul bill that would have created a government-run insurance plan option. Authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., the amendment failed by a vote of 15 to 8. Rockefeller said a so-called “public option” would have offered a competitor to private insurance companies. There are other amendments to come that would also create a government option. The Dems who are responsible for voting it down: Baucus, Conrad, Lincoln, Nelson, Carper. The NYT has a great breakdown of what this means: After the vote on ...