Last night, Rep. David Price of the 4th District held a private Q&A session with about 100 seniors in north Raleigh. You can read the Carolina Journal story by David Bass here. Here’s an excerpt:

After opening up the floor to residents, Price had to field queries on topics ranging from the stimulus bill to czars to national security in a dialogue that occasionally turned hostile. Most of the discussion focused on health care.

“I have one question: would you and the congressional people and the president give up your health care for this plan?” asked one woman.

“There is not a single plan,” Price responded, referring to the generous health-care package available to congressmen and their families. “I have a plan that has options that I choose, and that’s the way it would work for the general public.”

Another resident probed whether the proposed health-care overhaul would ration care for the elderly in order to save money. Price did not address the issue directly, instead opting to criticize the Bush administration for deficit spending on the Iraq war, which he said contributed to the current fiscal mess.