Parties Ratchet Up Rhetoric on Health Care Town Halls

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• Aug. 14, 2009, 5:37 p.m.

Senate Republicans fired back Friday at Democratic claims that GOP leaders are eschewing public forums and town halls to avoid difficult questions on health care reform, arguing that Democrats are abandoning the time-honored August recess practice while looking to demonize their opponents.