Michigan Congressman Fred Upton speaks on Local TV morning show

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Congressman Fred Upton has been one of the most vocal representatives in congress against health care reform, and says there needs to be a bipartisan effort towards it and he thinks it can truly happen. "I think we can have a bipartisan coalition of folks that really want to see a whole number of things happen" says the congressman. Some of those things include the ability for children to remain on their parents insurance into their mid-twenties, incentives for employers rather than penalties, and the inability for insurance companies to deny those with pre-existing conditions.

Part of the bipartisan atmosphere comes from an effort of those in congress to sit among one another rather than separated by party lines at last week's state of the union. Congressman Upton referred to it as a "date night." "I took a democrat, and I said well if this is date night I'm going to bring some gum. It worked out pretty well" said Upton.