This weekend I watched again the old Jimmy Stewart movie, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. The tactics of the corrupt senators who quashed the support of Smith back home and manipulated the media is so clearly a picture of what is happening now with health care reform legislation.

The actual support for a public option from independents and republicans is higher than the "town hall" images show.

"According to a national Quinnipiac poll in August, 40% of Republicans and 64% of independents support the public option. In Iowa, the latest Des Moines Register poll showed 36% of Republicans and 56% of independents. For context, 36% of Senate Republicans would be 14 votes -- huge "bipartisanship."" from PCCC

Here is a video created to reach those in DC and Iowa featuring a Republican Iowan who supports the public option:
A Republican in Iowa speaks out.