Mary Landrieu's office is getting testy that you're calling them

And you know what that means! (202)224-5824. Reader Ryan writes:

I called Senator Landrieu's office [about her opposition to a "public option" being included in health care reform] and they were not happy.

I explained that although I wasn't a constituent but since the Senator was making decisions for all of us I should have some input.

I went on to describe that as a small business person healthcare costs are strangling my business and that now that my wife is pregnant I have to put off seeing the doctor because of costs.

As a solution I proposed that Senator Landrieu introduce a bill requiring each Senator and Representative to pay for their healthcare and that off their staff from their general operating budgets (which I have been told by friends on the Hill are about 1/2 what they should be).

Fair? I think so: if there is no public option for the general public, then there shouldn't be one for anyone. Congress should do the patriotic thing and experience what the rest of us do.

Needless to say the young staffer on the other end of the line curtly thanked me for my opinion, did not ask for my name or any details and politely ended the call.

Keep up the good work.