$(document).ready( function () { talk_rendercallback({"enabled":"0","islive":"0","eid":6480,"total":"4","discussion":[{"nm":"grace","rs":"0","ms":"sorry but i wouldn\'t let the president off the hook that easy after reading all this they did it to please the corporations they have forgotten the little people who they ask votes for even in the midst of opposition from the majority they went a head and cut the deal it makes me feel they did it for someone else not us they are just playing on our minds. Why should they represent people who they don\'t even care about? Washington is very broken but i know at least there are a handful who try to fight for the little people but they can\'t coz the lobbyists have gotten into many other pockets. The president said he will try to fix Washington but he will not he is just like all of them he is no salt at all.","pt":"Apr 22, 2010 13:39"},{"nm":"Jan Berry","rs":"0","ms":"Obama shut out better options, like the Insurance Corruption Plan which would make a profit that would go toward paying down the deficit by cutting insurance companies out; is voluntary; doesn\'t require small businesses to pay for employee health care; and so much more.  The site, www.insurancecorruption.com explains the many benefits.  The American people have the right to choose this plan because it eliminates the main cause of our health care crisis, the corrupt insurance industry and their ties to our legislators. So, this is also about the American people taking back their country before greedy politicians destroy it. \n","pt":"Apr 21, 2010 04:16"},{"nm":"Harmon F Fletcher","rs":"0","ms":"Frontline,thank you for facts, truth and insight into the workings of the Congress. It\'s a dreadful place, but I suspect it\'s been that way since inception, except it\'s had 200 years to be perfected. It\'s not pretty and needs corrected. US Citizens lack representation. There seems to be a general lack on interest in what\'s best for the Country by those elected to represent Citizens. Senators and Representatives who agree to support legislation for favor, without reading it. I don\'t believe Obama cut deals without cause. I\'m sorry he felt a need to enlist the votes by that means, but without those deals there probably wouldn\'t be the Health Care Reform, if it can be called that, we have. There are efforts in progress to improve this problem and it\'s my hope Citizens will be well enough informed to support it. It\'s called Fix Congress First. Check it out.\n","pt":"Apr 15, 2010 07:16"},{"nm":"Linda Tanton","rs":"0","ms":"I\'m such a Frontline fan.  You deliver the facts beautifully and fairly.  Last night I was so disgusted with Washington D.C. that I came very close to turning the TV off. These politicians are crooks and they take bribes and they should be in jail.  And the President is weak; he\'s a pleaser and a chameleon.  I\'m pleased that I didn\'t vote for him but from what I read and from what I see on C-Span, they\'re all dreadful.  Well 97% are dreadful and dishonest.","pt":"Apr 14, 2010 14:24"}]}); });