CAPE GIRARDEAU-Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean and former republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich were in our region Wednesday night debating healthcare.
 
Dean supports the public option and explains what he thinks an ideal one would be.
 
"An option that allows people to sign up for a program like Medicare, which guarantees you'll have insurance whenever you travel, guarantees you can't be turned away from an insurer, and follows you whether you have a job or don't and costs the same by everyone who signs up for it."