He should have held a bake sale to pay off Democratic Senator Max Baucus, the man President Obama put in charge of health care reform, who has received millions from the health and insurance lobby. Why again is Baucus "first among equals" concerning health care reform when he shouldn't even be in the room because of his conflict of interests? For all intents and purposes, Max Baucus is an industry lobbyist. I thought this time around we weren't going to let lobbyists run the show. I thought wrong.

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America would like to introduce you to Bing Perrine -- an uninsured father from Montana who's got something to say to Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) in a new released TV ad. My name is Bing Perrine and I live here in Billings, Montana, with my beautiful wife and baby boy.  Last June, I collapsed because of congenital heart problems.  I need open-heart surgery, but I have no insurance and no company will insure me. My friends and family have been a blessing. With hearts as big as a Montana sky, they have helped with bake sales and benefits.  But my wife and I still owe over $100,000 in medical bills. None of this debt would have piled up if I had the option of buying into a public health insurance plan. Private insurance companies need competition. They profit by denying care to people like me. Senator Baucus, when you take millions of dollars from health and insurance interests that oppose reform -- and oppose giving families like mine the choice of a public option -- I have to ask: whose side are you on? Watch It:

Blog: The Progressive Change Camapign Committee is up with another spot, pushing Max Baucus from the left on health care, linking -- a bit hazily -- a man

The Senate Finance Committee will pick up its work on health care reform this week. And reform groups aren't relenting on the public option.

The Progressive Change Camapign Committee is up with another spot, pushing Max Baucus from the left on health care, linking -- a bit hazily -- a man