HOH’s One-Minute Recess: No Lost Cause

By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 4, 2009, 11:45 a.m.

Most politicians don’t think losing is good, but Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) apparently are A-OK with it. The Democrats appeared in the Tuesday night episode of the NBC hit reality show “The Biggest Loser” when the cast members came to Washington in their quest to shed pounds.

The Senatorial duo sat down with the cast to chat about the obesity epidemic, appeared in brief scenes shaking hands with the cast members and nodded thoughtfully as they shared their stories. The New York Daily News has the clip.

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