At the Time the Health Care Bill Was Being Debated

At the time the health care bill was being debated in Congress,the insurance industry was in a tough position because ______.

A) if it stayed outside of the political process but was unable to stop health care reform, it risked being stuck with a policy it hated
B) any lobbying at all on the issue had been banned
C) too many of the industry's lobbyists were Democrats
D) none of the companies would be affected by the new law
E) none of the above