polls and politics

I hear results of various polls cited by the politicians and political pundits alike in support or in opposition to whatever the subject of contention may be. Recently the health care reform has been the subject of vicious debate across the nation and in the various halls of government, from local to federal.

Now, how many of us actually critically think through those results. For example, the Rasmussen Polls report results of national telephone survey on health care reform showing the majority of those polled in opposition to the "plan."

I wish I could also find in those same reports the actual questions being asked. Most important question in that context would be whether or not the person being interviewed actually studied the "plan." Without that piece of information, the results are meaningless.