Kathleen Sebelius discusses town hall disruptions on The Ed Show

By GottaLaff

Kathleen Sebelius is on The Ed Show right now, talking to Lawrence O'Donnell about the town hall meetings and the corporate faux grassrootnuts who tried to shout them down. Not the most effective speaker, but here you go:

We knew something was up when the introducer was booed. But we had a good exchange, lots of people eager to talk about how we need health reform.

What was clear at the outset was that some folks intended to disrupt the entire meeting. The supporters of health reform finally persuaded the disruptive element to allow the conversation to go on. There can't be a more serious conversation than [this]. It's life or death for way too many Americans.

The health insurance industry gets to pick and choose, stand between patients and their doctors... We want to have consumer protections that the bills will likely have....

O'Donnell: How will you go forward with this kind of protest?

I think we're seeing that people were frustrated at those who disrupted. Same happened in La. As the meeting went on, people wanted to have a dialog. Hopefully, that will continue.

People are terrified they'll be dropped from coverage.

O'Donnell just said this kind of hooliganism will backfire.