michael ettlinger. with all due respect, when you make comments that the government will decide which procedures are the most effective and will make the choices as to which are, that is the comment that frightened me most. there are many well-intentioned people in government, but i would wonder if the government does attract the best of the best. doctors, or whatever. what the governing body will make decisions as to whether a tonsillectomy is more important -- those are the things that frighten me. it is almost taking away freedom. i want to be able and would challenge michael ettlinger, that if you were diagnosed with a particular problem and the the rule were to say you must do this, wouldn't you want the freedom to get a second opinion? when you say that you will still have that option i wonder if that is true. the second part of my question is when you say that the government is going to be offering health care, then would companies still be challenged or made to offer some sort of health care whe

michael ettlinger.aller: michael, can you give me one country where this type of health care has done very well and the majority of people are very happy with it? and then i wanted to ask another question. guest: no country that i am aware of has follow the model being pursued here. other developed countries have systems much more like what john is describing, which is not what the president is proposing. john keeps saying that we will have a single payer, government controlled system. they have been explicit that that is not what they're going to do. it will be a hybrid system, moving private insurance and providing better information, making sure that everyone is covered. other countries have more of a system of a more involved government in terms of health care. i will say that almost every other developed country, every other developed country is able to provide health care to everybody in their country at a much lower cost than what we do. for the most part, the healthcare results in terms of the p

linder and john lot -- michael ettlinger and john lott. the nathan guttman washington journal, a lot at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. this week, on "newsmakers," senator jon kyl prepares for senate confirmation hearings. >> i was reading last night. there is a lot of reading involved. i was reading very troubling things last night. she said that you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing to do what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she said it on several occasions. i am going to have to ask her what she meant by that. >> when people talk about a filibuster, a understand that republicans ab

host: michael ettlinger of the center for american progress and i john lott, a research scientist, thank you for being on the program. host: political experts were asked to assess the performance of vice president joe biden so far. we will reduce some of their responses. we would also like you to chimed in. we will do the right after this break. >> today, senate minority whip discusses some of the issues on the senate agenda including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for sonya soto. >> there is a lot of reading involves. i was reading some troubling things last night about her views towards international law, in effect saying that you can interpret the constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. welcome a public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believes that. she has said it on several occasions. i will have to ask her what she means by that. understand the republicans could probably not filibuster this no

secondly, so it wouldn't actually have the bad cons >> tomorrow on "washington journal," michael ettlinger and john lott discuss the obama administration spending policy. >> "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this week on c-span's "newsmakers," senate minority whip jon kyl discusses some of the issues on the senate agenda including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee sonia sotomayor. >> i was reading last night -- there is a lot of reading involved here. i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views toward international law. in effect saying that you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. well, public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that's really her point of view, that's very troubling. i mean, i would -- i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she said it on several occasions. i'm going to have to ask her what do you mean by that? when people talk about a filibuster, understand t

. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," michael ettlinger and john lott discuss the obama administration's spending policies. then it nathan guttman looks at u.s.-israeli relations. and we also have the latest on the iranian election. washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this week on c-span's "newsmakers," jon kyl talks about what is on the senate's agenda. >> there's a lot of reading involved here, and i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views toward international law, in effect saying that you could interpret united states's constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she has said it on several occasions. i'm going to have to ask her, what you mean by that? people talk about a filibuster, understand that republicans could not filibuster this nomination on our own. there are not enough of us. and by the way, none of us are talki

cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tomorrow, michael ettlinger and john lott discuss the obama administration spending policy on health care, car makers, and the financial system. nathan guttman looks at u.s.- israel relations, and the latest on the iranian elections. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. this week on "newsmakers," some of the issues on the senate's agenda, including health care and preparing for the confirmation hearings for a sonia sotomayor. >> there was a lot of reading involved, and i was reading troubling things about her views toward international law, saying you can interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in europe. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believed that. she set it on several occasions. i am going to have to ask for, what do you mean by that? when people talk about a filibuster, republicans probably can fi

. >> tomorrow, on washington journal, michael ettlinger and john lott this test the obama administration. make them guttman set interrelations. washington journal, lives at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. this week, on c-span is newsmakers, senate minority whip jon kyl discusses issues on the senate agenda. including confirmation hearings. >> i was reading last night. there is a lot of reading involved. i was reading some very troubling things last night about her views towards international law. she said you could interpret the united states constitution by looking to see what public opinion is in your. public opinion in europe has nothing whatsoever to do with what our constitution means. if that is really her point of view, that is very troubling. i could not vote for a judge who believe that. she has said it on several occasions. i will have to ask her what she meant by that. when people talk about a filibuster, understand that republicans could not filibuster this nomination on our own. even if we wanted to prove that none of us are talking about filibuster's. is all of response