Today, members of SEIU District 1199 visited the West Chester, Ohio district office of Rep. John Boehner to let him know loud and clear that they support a public health insurance option. Frazzled under the pressure, a staffer tried to back off Boehner's earlier public comments claiming that "the citizens of the 8th district are overwhelmingly opposed to a public option."

Rep. Boehner had also previously claimed that he had never met an American who supported the public health insurance option. With the visit by SEIU members in West Chester, it should be clear that he can't make this claim any more -- it's good that his staff recognizes this.