Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) suggests that the health care reform efforts beg for another reform - the public financing of elections. "The Louisville congressman spoke recently on the House floor about the link between overhauling the nation's health care system and revamping the way the nation pays for political campaigns. "'...It is that no matter how loud we scream, there is still a torrent of money that is pouring into the political system on the other side that drowns out those voices,' Yarmuth said. "He said he hoped people could convince Congress to dump the current campaign financing system in favor of public financing — 'so that their voices — as passionate and as intelligent as they may be — are not drowned out by the huge amounts of money that we now see in the political system.'"To read the full article click here.