When Nancy speaks do we all listen??

From the AFL-CIO to Health Care for America Now to MoveOn.org,
President Obama is coming under more and more pressure from progressives on the issue of health-care reform.

You can now add House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Congressional Black Caucus to that list.

Here is the latest from ABC News colleague Teddy Davis:

As the White House continues to look for ways to win over a handful of moderate Senate Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Congressional Black Caucus are urging President Obama not to go soft on health-care reform.

In a written statement, Pelosi says that "it would be a major victory for the health insurance industry" if a "vigorous public option" is not included in health legislation.

She also reiterates her view that a bill without a public option will not pass the House.

In a separate letter to President Obama, members of the Congressional Black Caucus say that they are "deeply concerned" "about "the current discussions surrounding health care reform and the possibility that current components of the bill -- such as a robust public option and myriad health disparity elimination provisions -- may be stricken in order to lower its cost to about $500 billion."

Read the Pelosi statement here

Read the letter from the CBC's Health and Wellness Taskforce here

- George Stephanopoulos

I am going to try and not listen to the pundits on both sides until President Obama speaks on Wednesday night. ( NOT) !!

UPDATE: yes I am watching MSNBC, Keith has new polls up, Survey USA ,CNN, CBS, and a few others: as many as 77% of those polled and this includes independants, progressives AND republicans want reform with the public option. Mr. President are you listening??? You campaigned on healthcare reform, those who elected you WANT you to listen to them, we want the public option!