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“As liberal Democrats will try (and are expected to fail) to add a public-option provision to Chairman Max Baucus’s health care bill this week in the Senate Finance Committee, Media Matters for America points out that more Americans believe in UFOs than oppose the public option,” reports Chris Good for The Atlantic.

“It sounds outlandish, but it’s about right: a 2007 Associated Press poll (cited by Media Matters) finds that 34 percent of Americans believe in the existence of UFOs – Meanwhile, anywhere from 26 to 42 percent oppose the public option, according to recent major polls not commissioned by backers or opponents of said option,” reports Good.

According to Good, “the UFO/public option comparison may or may not be completely accurate – If you believe The Economist/YouGov, it’s still more or less right.”

“But comparing public policy opinion to the deep, Jungian jungle of human belief is dangerous business. After all, the same AP survey found that 48 percent–a shade better than the public option fared in The Economist’s poll–believe in ESP – In 1997, 80 percent of Americans thought the government was hiding knowledge of the existence of extraterrestrial life forms according to CNN,” reports Good.

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