How can Majority Leader Harry Reid possibly declare that the health-care bill will include the public option (1) before he knows if he has 60 votes and (2) before we announce this week's ScuttleButton winner?

What was he thinking? That's what I'm trying to figure out.

Of course, it's not that difficult to figure out how to play ScuttleButton.

It's easy. Just check out my button puzzle each Friday. Take one word or one concept per button, add 'em up, and arrive at a familiar saying or a name. (Seriously: a saying that people from Earth might be remotely familiar with.) Submit your answer and hope you're the person chosen at random. That's it!

Oh wait. You MUST include your name and city/state to be eligible.

And also remember, the answer does not necessarily have to be political. For instance, the answer to a puzzle a while back was "Minnesota Twins" — not political at all, unless you're thinking Mondale and Humphrey instead of Killebrew and Oliva.

Here are last week's buttons, in case you forgot:

Some of My Best Friends Are White People — It's true.

Bob Orr — Orr, an Indiana Republican, was elected governor in 1980 after serving two terms as lt. gov.

Sketch of Che Guevara — A Marxist revolutionary and ally of Cuba's Fidel Castro, Guevera was spreading his ideology in South America until he was captured by the Bolivian government and executed in 1967.

Hands holding a peace dove — An anti-Vietnam War button, circa 1969.

I'm a Lunch Pail Democrat — The blue-collar, working-class kind of Democrat.

So, when you add White + Orr + Che + Dove + Pail, you might end up with ...

Whiter Shade of Pale — the 1967 hit song by the British group Procol Harum.

(Ignore the dated video. The song is still great.)

If you must know, my all-time favorite Procol Harum song is Piggy Pig Pig, from the 1970 Home album.

But enough about me.

This week's winner, chosen completely at random, is (drum roll) ... Doug Waldron of Newnan, Ga.

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