Here’s an interesting detail/admission from Michael O’Brien’s interview with Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho): Crapo said that he credited the August recess protests
“„Crapo said that he credited the August recess protests with having created enough of an impression among his colleagues for them to have voted down public option amendments in the Senate Finance Committee, but he worried the protests haven’t had enough of an impact as the debate moves forward.
“„“I’m concerned that that impact is not as deep as they thought it would be,” he said.