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. >> elliott engle joins us now and a member of the energy subcommittee. you are an advocate public run option. there may be an appetite for that, it appears there is, in your body on the house of representatives. on the senate side it's a different story. senator conrad a chief negotiator says there is not now and never has been support in the senate for a government run public option. in fact he called that chasing the rabbit, a wasted et effort. should the public option be dropped now to gain greater support for an overall reform bill? >> no, not at all. there are many of us who support the public option as a way of forcing the insurance companies to compete with the public option and thereby keeping the premium of the insurance companies for health care lower. that is the only reason i'm for the public option. >> gregg: don't you ever a stalemate because on the other side, house side you will passes it but in the end nothing will happen. >> let's see what the senate does. they haven't passed anything out of committee. they are still negotiating. i thin