WE'RE GONNA NEED A WOODEN STAKE:

Worse Than the Public Option (Philip Klein, 12.9.09, American Spectator)

[I]n a major concession to liberals, the agreement would expand Medicare to Americans over the age of 55, and thus potentially add millions of people to a system that is already on course to bankrupt the country, with a long-term deficit of $38 trillion (or as high as $89 trillion by some measurements). And the deal still leaves open the possibility that a public option would be "triggered" if the new Office of Personnel Management plans don't materialize.