Roland, TJMS, 03.18.10: Roland S. Martin/Tom Joyner Morning Show, Roland continues the discussion on health care reform

First, there is no “Sen. Davis” representing Alabama. Next, we do have a U.S. Rep Davis elected by the people of Alabama. From a journalist to a journalist, please fact check next time.

To completely discount Rep. Davis' argument seems foolish. $1 trillion for 45 million people? Seems a bit excessive to me. To reduce Davis' argument to political pandering does him a disservice and the people of this state. While yes, Rep. Davis heavily campaigned for the President, does mean he should go blindly into the night on this bill. He's not against health reform, he's against this bill. Just because this bill is for health reform, doesn't mean he should vote for it if he supports the President. It's a bad bill that needs to be gotten right. The band-aid for health insurance (which is essentially what this bill mandates) is broken.

Look at Rep. Davis point of view. I know you want to be one-of-the-issue-journalists-to-take-a-stand-because-it-is-the-right-thing-to-do types, but don't forget to be impartial. Ask to look at what Davis is looking at if you don't believe his argument. Find a better attack for his argument than simple political pandering to conservative constituents. It's more complicated than that.