Rothman: "I don't want socialized medicine"

Continuing debate in town halls everywhere: CNN.com

though this is happening everywhere, I'd like to highlight a quote by Steve Rothman, a Democratic Representative from New Jersey's 9th District:

"Rep. Steve Rothman, D-New Jersey, said at a meeting in Secaucus that the aim of health care reform is not to make America's system mimic Great Britain's or Canada's.

'I, for one, don't want a system like Great Britain's. I don't want a system like Canada's. I don't want national health care, and I don't want socialized medicine,' he said.

Rothman said that any health care bill coming out of Congress has to 'fix what needs to be fixed' but not 'destroy what's good about the existing private health insurance system.'"

The Congressman acknowledges that any American health care system has to be tailored to fit the United States, rather than copy off of a Canadian or British system. However, with emotions running wild within these town hall meetings, it seems as if any sort of rational thought would be ignored in favor of soundbites and further raging.