Everybody has seen this already, but for my own records here are video clips of Representative Barney Frank, Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, at a town hall meeting where he holds his own against some attendees unhappy about health care reform. After the first video completes, a second automatically loads and is also worth watching.

The first video sets the tone, but I particularly enjoyed Rep. Frank’s handling of the exchange about illegal immigrants and their status in the bill:

Frank: Illegal aliens are specifically excluded from getting any assistance in the bill. Section…
Mob boos. Somewhere in the exchange some people yell, “read the bill!”
Frank then finds the section of the bill and reads it.
Frank: It’s right in the bill. I will be glad to show it to you.

Some people apparently refused to believe the bill itself, and Frank responds with this zinger:

It is a little odd to be accused of not having read the bill by people who object when I do.