You can't get more "out of touch" than this

Now here's a jaw-dropper:

John Boehner, House minority leader, said with a straight face today that

"I'm still trying to find the first American to talk to who's in favor of the public option, other than a member of Congress or the administration."

Now you just can't get more out of touch than that. Polls consistently show that at least 60% favor a public option. Any number of progressive organizations have been flooding Congressional offices with petitions demanding that a public option be put in the legislation. The AMA has come out in favor of it.

I'm sure we'll get a chance to add our names to piles of petitions to his office to let him know we support -- nay, demand -- a public plan in the reform legislation.

And let's hope that he and his ilk are still this out of touch with "Americans" come next election day.

Ralph