Are The Health Care Protests Working? And are Liberals Helping Them?

Now here was a great way to frame the debate.  But instead, some Dems dropped the end-of-life counseling payments plan like a hot potato.

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Are The Health Care Protests Working?  And are Liberals Helping Them?:

But the real upside to the protests is that they perpetuate misinformation about the Democrats' bills. Forget the birthers -- I want to know how many Americans believe in the "death panels". (I also want to know whether Chuck Grassley, since he seems to be one of them, would accept the following trade: Democrats will drop the "death panels" if you'll drop your opposition to the public option.