State of the health care debate: Talk radio attacks an 11-year-old

State of the health care debate: Talk radio attacks an 11-year-old

From "McClatchy Newspapers":http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/18/90669/state-of-the-health-care-debate.html: WASHINGTON -- Conservative talk show hosts and columnists have ridiculed an 11-year-old Washington state boy's account of his mother's death as a "sob story" exploited by the White House and congressional Democrats like a "kiddie shield" to defend their health care legislation. Marcelas Owens, whose mother got sick, lost her job, lost her health insurance and died, said Thursday he's taking the attacks from Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin in stride. "My mother always taught me they can have their own opinion but that doesn't mean they are right," Owens, who lives in Seattle, said in an interview. Click "here":http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/03/18/90669/state-of-the-health-care-debate.html#ixzz0idSRcXDk to read the rest of this story.