A standing ovation for a health care question

by: los anjalis

Fri Aug 10, 2007 at 19:02:30 PM PDT

At the AFL-CIO democratic presidential candidate debate this past week, retired union member Steve Skvara asked a simple health care question of the candidates.  In response, he received a STANDING OVATION from thousands of audience members in the stadium.  This is phenomenal, it is amazing how front-and-center health care is in the peoples' minds, during this election.  Check out the video:

And Mitt Romney was challeneged on health care while giving a stump speech in a restaurant, where he mentioned his desire to export "healthcare diplomacy" to other nations, and a waitress really prodded him on the american health care system.  Video below:

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I'm so absolutely fascinated by videoblogging, YouTube, and other video/audio technologies, and especially with their use in politics and health.  Please share your thoughts or videos you've come across that address some of these issues (whether below in the comments or by starting your own diary on the topic).  If you want to share a YouTube video, click on the "embed" link to the right of the video and paste it in your diary, it's that easy!

In the meantime, I'll be participating in tomorrow's Great LA Health Care Rally sponsored by OneCareNow and other organizations, in support of universal health care in California, and hope to post some video footage from that event.