by Scott Hensley

02:51 pm

November 18, 2009

 

If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid succeeds in moving a health bill onto the Senate floor, Republican Tom Coburn of Oklahoma has threatened to make the clerk read the whole thing aloud before debate can begin. Yikes!

Even if the Senate Democrats' bill comes in quite a bit slimmer than then nearly 2,000-page House version, the task could take days. So wouldn't it be nice to have a showbiz pro do the reading job?

We got to thinking about the possibilities after reading some fairly inspired suggestions put forth on Twitter. It's hard to top @pourmecoffee's idea of William Shatner, but @ezraklein gave it a go with Christopher Walken. Nice!

After kicking around some other names, we offer this slate for your vote.

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