Health Care For America Now, a grassroots campaign that calls itself a coaltion of about 1,000 progressive organizations and labor unions, launched a $1.1 million television advertising campaign aimed at senators from 10 states, urging them to pass a health care bill that includes a public option.

The ad, titled "What If?", is running for 10 days in Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington. (See the ad on Health Care for America Now's website. Click here.)

The ads come as the Senate Finance Committee is considering drafting a bill that would include alternatives to a public plan, such as Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad's co-op alternative. The North Dakota Democrat has suggested creating non-profit co-ops, funded initially with public dollars, to compete with private health insurers.