Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) had an epiphany about health care legislation while he attended a "luncheon" at "Enchilada's Mexican restaurant" with some senior citizens on Hilton Head island. They helped him come to the conclusion that if the Democrats in the House are so enthusiastic about passing a public option, surely they would be rushing to join said plan. And they aren't, so there must be something bad about it.However, the Congressman does not quite have his facts straight, as "Countdown" guest host Lawrence O'Donnell and Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) both point out.O'Donnell notes that members of Congress already have health care that is paid for by the government, and that the public option is for people lacking employer-provided health insurance. He then offered Congressman Wilson some advice: "It's your staff's job to talk you out of introducing idiotic amendments. Try talking to them once in awhile. If this happens again someone's got to be fired, and w watch
Opening credits for director Anthony Mann's The Man from Laramie, 1955, starring James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Alex Nicol, Donald Crisp and Cathy O'Donnell. watch
