I just read this unbelievable story of a man who has enlisted in the army to provide health coverage to his wife who is suffering from ovarian cancer. Public option, please! We desperately need it. We are in dire straights as a nation when we cannot provide basic needs to the average citizen. There are many of us who are working jobs that we do not like, in order to (one) provide decent coverage to ourselves and our families. There are many of us who are forced into situations where we are exploiting ourselves mentally and physically to provide a basic need. Health care and education are basic needs that should be funded by the government. There should not be a health care system which exploits the sick. What kind of a country are we when we cannot provide for our sick? When we put a price to education? This extreme form of capitalism that we are living and breathing is killing us (literally) and creating a nation where there is only the very rich and the very poor. I don't mind paying high taxes if, in turn, I am receiving the security that I am entitled to. It is unfathomable to me that we remain silent, while continuing to exploit ourselves for health care. I hope Obama will stick behind the public option. Sweden is looking really good to me right now...

-Sophia