As President Obama begins to road to securing the cooperation of major corporate players in his ambitious healthcare reform package, on the legislative side of things, the Senate is laying out its proposals for the president — namely the introduction of a government-run system (the infamous “option”) to compete with the private healthcare sector.

The bipartisanship on this legislation is unprecedented, as senate Republicans are gladly working with the Dems to ensure, at least on the surface, a kinder market-driven approach to the “skin-in-the-game” strategy that may be palatable to both sides. Says Republican Sen. Charles Grassley,

“Congress has an obligation to make insurance more available and more affordable and still give people the option to keep what they have if they like it,” Grassley, of Iowa, said in the joint statement.

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