"We are now between two bitter options," he said in Benghazi.
The leader of the Transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, bluntly warned late Tuesday that the government faced "bitter options" as it struggled to rein in thousands of fighters who joined regional militias during the months of battles against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and have remained in Tripoli, the capital, long after his death.
A server patiently explained the different varieties, with such names as Jungle Joy, Red My Lips and Night Drift, offering tastes to customers who carefully weighed their options (bitter? fruity?) before selecting a brew to accompany the decidedly un-French food options of hot dogs, tacos and Belgian fries.
But Keys was bitter about the options facing him and the Chargers.
"You can say, 'bourbon,' or get less specific and say, 'whiskey.' There's a sensation option: sour, bitter, sweet, spicy.
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The menu is divided by flavor desert, for instance, offers salty, bitter, sweet or sour options—and color; my yellow salad of pineapple, gooseberries, granadillas, yellow tomatoes and apricots was delectable, as was my Moroccan-spiced chicken.
Either option could provoke bitter confrontation.
But what the past few days have demonstrated is that there is a significant minority within the Republican Party, both on Capitol Hill and at its grass roots, that would have preferred to stick with the suicide option to the bitter end.
But while the loss of the public option is a bitter pill to swallow, on balance, the bill still delivers meaningful reform, and the cost of inaction is simply too high.
