McCain, Graham Hold Health Care Town Hall

It could be all health care, all the time this week in Washington.

As President Obama continues his push for reform, Republicans are trying to make sure they have their say.

Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham touched on the issue during a town hall meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.

Members of both parties seem to be pushing the debate away from a government insurance option and toward agreement on reducing costs.

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Graham says "About health care: the public option is dead as far as I'm concerned.  And the reason I want it to be dead is not because I don't want to fix health care, I don't want to screw it up any more than it's already screwed up."

"Over the last several months, we've seen something happening in America that I haven't seen before in my time in public office.  There is a peaceful revolution going on out there.  People are attending town hall meetings that never attended town hall meetings before." says McCain.  "There are things we have to do. There are things we have to do. We're not saying no to health care reform. The cost of health care in America is out of control and must be brought under control. But we most preserve the quality of health care in America and bring the costs under control."

The latest polls show Americans in a virtual deadlock on the Democrats' health plan. 

President Obama says he expects passage of a 'good health care bill' and maintains Republican opposition to reform is for political gain.