Michael Moore

Jun 21, By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium

It’s ironic, but outside of hospitals and day care centers, perhaps the best place to acquire some kind of illness on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., was at Michael Moore’s press conference on Capitol Hill. The long lines and the sweaty, claustrophobic committee room were emblematic of the enthusiasm that Moore’s appearance and SiCKO, his new film on the decrepit state of U.S. healthcare, have generated both in Washington and around the country.