We're taking your questions for Senator Sherrod Brown on health insurance reform

The Senate is the battleground this week for the health insurance reform issue. The Senate Finance Committee begin marking up the bill written by Max Baucus (D-MT).

Senator Sherrod Brown, Democrat from Ohio, sits on the the Health, Energy, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. That committee already passed strong health insurance reform legislation. Brown is a strong advocate for real reform, including hte need for a public option. He's agreed to answer some questions from AMERICAblog readers on this critical issue. Submit your questions in the comments. We'll send them over to Brown's office and tomorrow morning, he'll answer the questions on video. We'll post that video when as soon as it's live.

This is the first time we've tried this video response -- and the first time we've done it with a U.S. Senator. Last week, Senator Merkley did a similar Q & A on the climate bill at Grist.org.

If this works, we'll hopefully do it more regularly and on more issues.

So, ask away. Senator Brown wants your questions. And, if someone has already asked the question you want, that's okay. Ask it again. I imagine many of us have the same questions, like: is the public option going to pass in the Senate? It's important for the Senator and his staff to see what's on our minds.