A packed house with lots of questions greeted U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder at the Statehouse Convention Center today as he talked health issues as part of the Clinton School’s ongoing lecture series. An early report from photographer Brian Chilson indicates a strong turnout from a variety of viewpoints, such as the teabaggers (their word on the front of the vehicle) in the van below.

Event ran 90 minutes. Respectful debate reported on Twitter, though there were big applause lines — such as suggestion that Congress get same health insurance options as everyone else. Snyder said there’d be no bill to kill old people because there were too many in Congress. He told a doctor that tort reform was a state issue, not federal, and he wasn’t sure there’s evidence to support it would lower costs. (Have your medical bills dropped since tough tort reform passed in Arkansas? It did produce a tremendous benefit to doctors in cost and availability and claims on malpractice insurance.)

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Check out more on the jump from Gerard Matthews including a video of Snyder taking questions after the meeting.  He talks about messaging and lessons learned from the Clinton years.

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