Such double speak comes from the mind of the woman who holds the Speaker’s chair (until at least January):

“But let me say this,” Pelosi continues, “The bill can be bipartisan, even though the votes might not be bipartisan, because they [Republicans] have made their imprint on this.”

Pelosi pointed to the fact that the final bill will, in all likelihood, not include a government-run public health insurance option, a provision vigorously opposed by congressional Republicans but supported by liberal House Democrats. Instead, Pelosi tells CNN Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley, Democrats have settled on insurance exchanges as a way to help contain health care costs. That compromise position, Pelosi suggested, reflects an acknowledgement of Republicans’ approach to health care reform.

So the absence of a provision the other party opposes constitutes a bi-partisan bill?  Hear that, Republicans. If you get back into power, any bill that doesn’t include a Constitutional ban on abortion or some other idea the other party doesn’t support is now bi-partisan.

In reality, the lack of a public option has nothing to do with taking the concerns of Republicans into consideration. Rather its moderates that caucus with the Democrats like Blanche Lincoln, Mark Pryor, Ben Nelson, and Joe Lieberman who needed the public option to go away. Had Democrats been able to pass a bill with the public option, they would have. This whole bill is intra-partisan, not bi-partisan.