All kinds of bad behavior has been reported from health care town halls across the country, but it's usually perpetrated by protesters, not politicians. Here's a case of a congresswoman forgetting her manners. "I had been on the cell phone getting a series of questions answered," Jackson Lee said. "I don't know why (Republicans think) it's so challenging. I happen to be able to think, listen and maybe even talk at the same time."
If true, that's probably the only acceptable answer. But even if it was the pope or the president calling, it doesn't make her behavior any less rude.

House Republican John Boehner is bringing back Barry Jackson , the top Republican staff member responsible for House Republicans' "Contract with America," to work for him as his chief of staff. In...




