New from Politico is that Sen. Lieberman will filibuster the Reid plan if it contains the public option:

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.

Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care bill that includes a government-run insurance program — even if it includes a provision allowing states to opt out of the program, as Reid’s has said the Senate bill will.

If I were Reid I would tell Lieberman this: "if you join the Republicans on this your committee assignments and all privileges with the Democrats are done. You are toast."

It won't, however, happen.

Still: dude's not a Democrat. Time to kick his ass out of the party.