The Obama Health Care Summit took place yesterday at the the Blair House where President Obama reached out to Democrats and Republicans including Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Senator Lamar Alexander to discuss the health care reform bill he put together with Democrats.

President Obama set a serious tone towards certain members of Congress including Senator John McCain who was Obama's challenger for the 2008 Presidential election.

Both Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and Senator Lamar Alexander have spoken during this summit with strong objections to such parts of the reform as preexisting conditions and who will have the power in the reform: doctors or the U.S. government.

Minority Whip Eric Cantor particularly seemed to annoy President Obama with the stacking of copies of the 2400 page health care reform bill printout which sat in front of him opened. Obama commented that this was a political tactic used to defer the shift of the summit. Obama wanted to use the time today to hear pros and cons and then come to conclusions to push the reform through both the House and Senate.

Lamar Alexander had a heated discussion with President Obama which had both men interrupting each other. Alexander requested that the current bill be shelved and a new one be started from scratch.

Republicans like Senator Harry Reid and Alexander claim the current health care reform proposed will raise taxes for Americans, have more regulations and also cause insurance premiums to rise for consumers.