Breaking news! The public option is in! And, in other breaking news, the public option is out! It's both in and out at the same time.

Essentially, this is Schrödinger's public option. I'd explain it to you better, but you'd need a least a basic background in quantum mechanics to fully understand…

The Senate health care legislation will include a government-run insurance plan, but states would be allowed to "opt out" of it, the majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, will announce officially on Monday afternoon, Senate Democratic aides said…

Mr. Reid's office has not released any details. In theory, states that wish to opt out of the public plan would have to adopt a law to do so, which would require agreement between the state legislature and the governor.

Problem is, adopting any such law to opt out of the public option would very likely cause the wave function to collapse.* All over everyone in the state. And with the medical bills they'll be looking at after that, there's no way they'll choose to opt out.

Very clever, Mr. Reid. Perhaps I underestimated you.

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^{* This might sound like I know what I'm talking about, but if you actually know what you're talking about, it'll be pretty obvious that I have no idea what I'm talking about.}