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Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org

1) Wendell Potter, former head of communications of the Cigna health insurance company, now a Senior Fellow on Health Care with the Center for Media and Democracy, analysis the winners and losers after the many compromises made to arrive at a Senate health reform bill that can win 60 votes.

2) Anne Weismann, Chief Counsel with the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW,) talks about the settlement of a lawsuits challenging the failure of the Bush White House and the National Archive and Records Administration to take any action to recover millions of Bush administration emails related to several national scandals and congressional investigations.

3) The War Resisters League's David McReynolds, life long pacifist and peace activist, takes a critical look at President Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan, his recent acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize and the response of the American peace movement.

4) Tom Swan, Executive Director of the Connecticut Citizen Action Group,and 2006 campaign manager for Democratic Senate candidate Ned Lamont, who looks at the role of CT Senator Joseph Lieberman in the Congressional health care reform debate.

An archive of Counterpoint programs are accessible for free at www.whiterosesociety.org Some segments of Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio newsmagazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts.

Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM,Bridgeport, CT and WPKM 88.7 FM Montauk, NY between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming at http://wpkn.org