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This House Freshman actually asked good questions about healthcare, lobbyists, earmarks, and debates, but they are mostly rhetorical. President Obama is not very eloquent in answering any of these.

President Obama video on Health Care

The health care debate was not on C-Span. The main negotiations were behind closed doors. Brian Lamb wouldn’t of asked otherwise.

Real Clear Politics:

Brian Lamb has put President Obama on the spot. Lamb is the CEO of C-Span, and today he wrote a letter to the leaders of Congress asking them to allow cameras in the room for the final negotiations on the health care bill. Lamb wrote:

President Obama, Senate and House leaders, many of your rank-and-file members, and the nation’s editorial pages have all talked about the value of transparent discussions on reforming the nation’s health care system. Now that the process moves to the critical stage of reconciliation between Chambers, we respectfully request that you allow the public full access, through television, to legislation that will affect the lives of every single American.