Awesome, Bob :).

And when and if it happens, I'll be watching for Obama's language indicating that the public option is not necessary for our "reform."

The real question is how many Americans will watch it. He's going to need a fantastic soundbite to drum up interest in this issue.

Whether President Obama is heard by the American public if he does decide to call a joint session of Congress is most likely irrelevant. It's whether he's heard by the members in the chamber that's important, and all too often we've seen something that is universally important to all the citizens of this country, something as important as helping your fellow man through accessible health care, spun within minutes of it's conclusion to blue and red, to liberal and conservative, to truth and fiction.

Here's that final scene from The Contender. I watch these political movies over and over again and always hope for a moment like this in real life instead of the screen, where the sham of "my good friend on the other side of the aisle" is dropped like so much dead weight around our necks, where truth triumphs over political convenience, where liars are called liars. I hope it happens in my lifetime.