Full transcript here, but this line bothers me:

But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.

This just doesn’t make any sense. Would you buy a car without test driving it? Would you buy a TV without looking at the picture? Pick out a computer without looking at its specs? The answer is (or should be) no, and it’s asinine to think it’s a good idea to do that with a major piece of legislation.

Blind purchases, or buying without investigating the item, are just bad. If you don’t price compare something, you’ll probably pay too much. If you don’t read reviews, you might bypass the better quality model for a cheaper, shoddy one. If you don’t flip through a book before buying it, you might find out it wasn’t worth your money.

Regardless of where you stand on this issue, isn’t it a good idea for your elected officials to know what’s in the bill and share that with us before they put something into law that will effect every person in the US? That’s the type of thing that gets on my nerves, and should annoy you as well.