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Health summit a 'stunt' and 'spectacle,' analysts say

Washington (CNN) -- Heated partisan exchanges and in-depth policy discussions at the bipartisan health care summit on Thursday are unlikely to sway both parties in finding common ground, analysts said as the summit was going on.

One said the summit makes an argument against televising hearings. Another said it will reinforce doubts about whether Washington can resolve the health care impasse.

"Heated partisan exchanges" you say? Good. The health care debate has been, for far too long, framed as this epic battle of one political party to bring free, perfect health care and unicorns to every single American, and the painting of the other political party as cold and heartless and a tool of the evil looming medical industry. The reality, of course, is far more complex - both sides have taken contributions from the medical complex and have scores of industry lobbyists vying for their attention.

I had to laugh at this, though:

During another exchange, Obama called out House Minority Whip Eric Cantor for bringing "props" to the summit. Cantor had a large stack of papers and legislation in front of him.

Are you kidding me? Øbama is accusing someone of bringing props? Really? The man who handed out lab coats to doctors attending a photo op has the stones to accuse someone of using props? Sheer, unmitigated gall, reinforced by the fact that the clownishness of that October meeting went all but unnoticed in the media.

Health care: we're gonna get what's coming to us whether we like it or not...

That is all.