NEWS HOUR WITH JIM LEHRER THINKS IT NEEDS TO INCLUDE MEAN REPUBLICANS AND BLUE DOGS IN DISCUSSION ABOUT HEALTH CARE REFORM

Why must The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer shown tonight on PBS stations insist on trying to be "neutral" when it comes to health care reform? There are some 40+ million people here in the U.S. who have no health insurance, and thus who remain subject to financial ruin in the event of serious illness. The U.S. faces this enormous health crisis with millions uninsured, and Jim Lehrer abetted by Judy Woodruff decide to extend to the Republicans equal treatment on the program tonight, the same Republicans and Blue Dogs who would deny health coverage to the uninsured.