Meet the Press, August 16, 2009 (Video and Transcript)

As anger reaches a boiling point at town halls across the country, health care reform takes center stage. We'll take an in-depth look at the debate with some leading voices: Fmr. House Majority Leader Rep. Dick Armey (R-TX), now the head of FreedomWorks, an organizer of protesters at town hall meetings; Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), Member of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD), an informal adviser to the White House and author of "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health Care Crisis"; & Rachel Maddow, Host of MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show. Plus we'll get perspectives from around the country with Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY); Bruce Josten, Executive Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce; and Gov. Bill Ritter (D-CO).

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Dick Armey's sexist comment to Joan Walsh on Hardball (Video)

This gasbag should apologize or never come on Hardball again. Chris Matthews? What are you going to do? It is your show. Dick Armey's comments are midway through the clip and Bob Herbert from the NY Times, on the same show in the next segment said Armey owes Walsh an apology for his sexist comments.

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