Senate Finance Committee votes 15-8 against Rockefeller amendment on public option.

I cannot tell you how truly disapointed I am in this.

Thinkprogress:

The Senate Finance Committee just voted 15-8 against an amendment offered by Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), which would have established a self-financing robust public health insurance option. Democratic Sens. Max Baucus, Kent Conrad, Blanche Lincoln, Bill Nelson, and Tom Carper voted with the Republicans to defeat the provision.

Update The Senators who voted for the public option: Sens. John Rockefeller, Jeff Bingaman, John Kerry, Maria Cantwell, Ron Wyden, Chuck Schumer, Bob Menendez, and Debbie Stabenow.
Update The Committee will vote on a public option amendment offered by Sen. Chuck Schumer next. Sen. Bill Nelson has already said he will vote for that amendment.

UPDATE 2:
The more conservative Chuck Schumer public option amendment was just voted down 13-10.Two votes flipped, Nelson and Carper, but Baucus, Lincoln and Conrad voted against it