Sen. Arlen Specter joined a number of his Democratic colleagues today in signing a letter supporting the inclusion of a public health insurance option in a health care reform bill, according to Specter’s Senate office.

The letter, addressed to Majority Leader Harry Reid, reads: “We respectfully ask that you bring for a vote before the full Senate a public health insurance option under budget reconciliation rules.”

Specter’s support for the public option has ebbed and flowed. On Meet the Press in May right after he switched political parties, host David Gregory asked him, “Would you support health care reform that puts up a government-run public plan to compete with a private plan issued by a private insurance company?” Specter replied, “No.”

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Tags: Arlen Specter, Arlen Specter public option, Arlen specter reconciliation fillbuster

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