A group of single payer advocates challenged Senator Chris Dodd and Obama health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle in a public meeting in Derby, Connecticut on Saturday.

When Dodd took the microphone at the beginning of the meeting, Russell Mokhiber of Single Payer Action rose to challenge Dodd and DeParle and asked why they have taken single payer national health care off the table.

“Does it have to do with your corporate connections?” Mokhiber asked Dodd and DeParle.