Roger Ebert, in his blog post for the Chicago Sun Times, lays it out pretty well as to why we need a public option for health care..

“I”m safe on board.  Pull the life raft up”

Sure, the Obama administration and the “progressive” left have been less than honest about key issues such as  costs and the future stability of current plans, the current system in which 47 million Americans are without health insurance is unacceptable.