Talking Points Memo, a progressive outlet, is taking quite a bit of joy in House Minority Leader John Boehner wondering if President Obama’s upcoming health care summit will be simply a “political event.” Under the headline, “Boehner: How Dare Obama Televise The Health Care Debate After I Demanded He Televise The Health Care Debate!” TPM posted video of an interview Boehner recently gave to Greta Van Susteren of Fox News. In the interview, Boehner said, “I don’t want to walk into some trap. I don’t want to walk into some political event. I want to walk in and have a real conversation about what we can do to make our current system work better.” Boehner also asked a question we’ve all been asking since Obama announced the summit, “Is this a political event or is this going to be a real conversation?”

Well, herein lies the problem with television cameras