▼ Author Community Vote 147 days ago And Big Government As Wedge Against Dems Greg Sargent GOP Using Public Option And Big Government As Wedge Against Dems Greg Sargent/The Plum Line - — National Republicans are kicking off a new and concerted effort to use the public option as a wedge issue on Dems, hoping to exacerbate intra-Dem tensions over the provision to paint Dems as being in disarray and adrift on core principles.