A member of the Health Access protest group holds a placard as part of their campaign against what they say is the poor state of US Healthcare in Los Angeles on October 6, 2009. President Obama, who has made overhauling US health care his top domestic priority, has said he supports the so-called "public option," and many core Democrats say they will oppose a final plan without one. But some Democratic aides say they worry that including a public plan a step Republicans denounce as a stride towards socialized medicine could imperil dozens of vulnerable Democrats in the 2010 election. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
